A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college.
Education is vital to the development of a nation. Therefore to draw a comprehensive curriculum is of great importance. The statement suggests that a uniform national curriculum suits all students before college. However, there may be several potential problems behind this argument.
Curriculum applied from elementary school to junior and senior high school prepares students to be grown adults by building complete knowledge structures. The same quality and thoughts lay in this educational system ensure that all students are taught core values and they are able to meet the least requirement of the society. While we can expect students with average knowledge and skills, we may wonder if it benefits the improvement of the nation at the same time.
Considering first the effectiveness of this educational system, since all lessons are compulsory, students may feel tedious and lazy in classes. Since every student bear his or her own advantage and disadvantage, if lessons with more variety can be added, most of the students will be more likely to find their interest and cultivate specialties in the future. Education is not only to convey knowledge one-directional, but also to inspire and enlighten. In addition to the required lessons, which are often formal and traditional, elective courses and optional subjects provide students with more motivation and possibilities. For instance, Taiwan's students need to study Chinese and English since elementary school. When I went into high school, I was pleasantly surprised to find that other language classes such as German, French, Spanish and even Russian are also available. Although I did not master them all, they did open my view by knowing the culture and history behind each language and finally made me want to become a language teacher.
Likewise, another drawback of the uniform curriculum is lack of emphasis on local or regional culture. For being a Taiwanese, indigenous cultures are valuable assets for us to remember where we come from. Giving that there are immutable morale rules and common knowledge among a nation, differences and unique contribute to the flourish of a nation as well.
In the final analysis, homogenization of education system would amount to double-edged sword. While a basic national curriculum is fundamental to all students, we cannot overlook the importance of the elective and optional ones. The optimal curriculum will be a complement of one another rather than a dominant one.
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Suggestion: Therefore,
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Suggestion:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, likewise, look, may, so, therefore, well, while, for instance, in addition, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.5258426966 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 12.4196629213 81% => OK
Conjunction : 21.0 14.8657303371 141% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 11.3162921348 62% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 24.0 33.0505617978 73% => OK
Preposition: 50.0 58.6224719101 85% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 12.9106741573 116% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2101.0 2235.4752809 94% => OK
No of words: 393.0 442.535393258 89% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.34605597964 5.05705443957 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.45244063426 4.55969084622 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.92248020019 2.79657885939 105% => OK
Unique words: 236.0 215.323595506 110% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.600508905852 0.4932671777 122% => OK
syllable_count: 681.3 704.065955056 97% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.10617977528 225% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.38483146067 114% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 20.2370786517 99% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 42.8726019738 60.3974514979 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.05 118.986275619 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.65 23.4991977007 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.15 5.21951772744 118% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.266660688044 0.243740707755 109% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0751945535954 0.0831039109588 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.068185097741 0.0758088955206 90% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.153085536288 0.150359130593 102% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0513853515801 0.0667264976115 77% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.6 14.1392134831 96% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 43.73 48.8420337079 90% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.1743820225 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.75 12.1639044944 113% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.32 8.38706741573 111% => OK
difficult_words: 118.0 100.480337079 117% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 11.8971910112 63% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.7820224719 119% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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