Claim: Universities should require every student to take a variety of
courses outside the student's major field of study.
Reason: Acquiring knowledge of various academic disciplines is the
best way to become truly educated.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree
or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is
based
The claim that universities should allow enforce knowledge on other courses outside the student’s major field is a brilliant one that definitely has its positives and negatives. However, the reason is not compelling enough for that claim to hold
First, let us imagine a world where everybody knows a little bit of everyone’s professional field. A world where everyone can relate with different professions on a high-level basis. The world would definitely be a better place. Engineers would be going about their day to do activities and still understand (at least the basics) of what accountants and lawyers are saying.
These diversity in knowledge would foster the development of a holistic student that would be able to contribute and make impact in any field or society he or she is found. This imaginary world exists to some extent in todays world because everyone is being taught a little about everything. This definitely agrees with the claim
However, let us not forget that, what is learnt in the university is still not sufficient in the outside world when we start working. The collection of the knowledge of a particular field gained from school and knowledge from the workplace is what makes individuals specialists in their fields. The time allowed to educate students on their major field is definitely not sufficient for them to become full specialists in that field, hence the need to go for an extra master’s degree and a doctorate degree as well. The time used to teach other courses could be used to provide more grounding information regarding the major field so that less time, and costs would be spent in acquiring extra information on that major field
Moreover, Jobs of today are generally tailored to suit specific roles, why then do we bother to teach other courses outside the scope of the field? on this basis a disagreement to some extent with the claim occurs.
Second, for one to say someone is educated, it means that that person is able to read, write and communicate his/her thoughts in a well-structured manner. To say anything otherwise, such as the response given by the author is very questionable, and quite disagreeable.
Acquiring knowledge on just one discipline has already overqualified the person to be educated by the definition given above. Acquiring knowledge on more disciplines is just extra work that can be undergone depending on individual preferences but should never be used as a criteria to judge if someone is educated or not.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 55, Rule ID: LITTLE_BIT[1]
Message: Reduce redundancy by using 'little' or 'bit'.
Suggestion: little; bit
...imagine a world where everybody knows a little bit of everyone's professional field. ...
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Line 3, column 1, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'this diversity' or 'These diversities'?
Suggestion: This diversity; These diversities
...t accountants and lawyers are saying. These diversity in knowledge would foster the developme...
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Line 4, column 313, Rule ID: ALLOW_TO[1]
Message: Did you mean 'educating'? Or maybe you should add a pronoun? In active voice, 'allow' + 'to' takes an object, usually a pronoun.
Suggestion: educating
...lists in their fields. The time allowed to educate students on their major field is defini...
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Line 4, column 521, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
... degree and a doctorate degree as well. The time used to teach other courses could ...
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Line 5, column 149, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: On
...courses outside the scope of the field? on this basis a disagreement to some exten...
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Line 6, column 127, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in a well-structured manner" with adverb for "well-structured"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
... write and communicate his/her thoughts in a well-structured manner. To say anything otherwise, such as the...
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Line 7, column 271, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'a criterion' or simply 'criteria'?
Suggestion: a criterion; criteria
...preferences but should never be used as a criteria to judge if someone is educated or not....
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, hence, however, if, moreover, regarding, second, so, still, then, well, at least, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.5258426966 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 14.8657303371 87% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 29.0 33.0505617978 88% => OK
Preposition: 56.0 58.6224719101 96% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 12.9106741573 46% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2094.0 2235.4752809 94% => OK
No of words: 414.0 442.535393258 94% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.05797101449 5.05705443957 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.51076378781 4.55969084622 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.90832490514 2.79657885939 104% => OK
Unique words: 215.0 215.323595506 100% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.519323671498 0.4932671777 105% => OK
syllable_count: 664.2 704.065955056 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 3.10617977528 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 20.2370786517 79% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 70.0887551163 60.3974514979 116% => OK
Chars per sentence: 130.875 118.986275619 110% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.875 23.4991977007 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.3125 5.21951772744 121% => OK
Paragraphs: 7.0 4.97078651685 141% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 10.2758426966 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.185166941945 0.243740707755 76% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0581326089215 0.0831039109588 70% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0557012502234 0.0758088955206 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0915448354465 0.150359130593 61% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0698063321396 0.0667264976115 105% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.3 14.1392134831 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.8420337079 94% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.1743820225 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.36 12.1639044944 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.19 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 87.0 100.480337079 87% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 11.8971910112 101% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum six paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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