College students should be encouraged to pursue subjects that interest them rather than the courses that seem most likely to lead to jobs.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the recommendation and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, describe specific circumstances in which adopting the recommendation would or would not be advantageous and explain how these examples shape your position.
College is an entirely different from what we had experienced before during kindergarten to highschool. Pursuing higher education is a choice that will set the path for our future, however, college is a period of growth and learning who we are as individuals entering adulthood. Rather than pursuing a degree that promises a career, college students should be motivated to take classes that spark their interest.
Typically, college students pick a major that is related to their professional goals: English studies for a journalist, Chemistry for a lab scientist, Biology for a doctor, and Kinesiology for a physical therapist. But why should let our profession goals, that we decided on when we were 17 or 18, to dictate the courses we will take? The answer is simple, it shouldn’t matter. Regardless of what their professional goals are, students should have the choice to study subjects that interest them. By doing so, students will find themselves happier because they actually enjoy the material and are motivated to learn more. When a student decides on a major that is geared towards to who they are, they are more likely to do well in their courses and succeed in college. The student will not feel miserable or dread going to class every single day. It becomes more of a hobby than a task. I believe that students who choose a major that is best suited for them will be successful than someone who picked a major that will provide them a job.
By not selecting a major correlated directly to a job, students will have less pressure and stress throughout their college career. It is normal for students to feel overwhelmed at times because of the workload or rigorous course work. Students, who are studying subjects that they don’t enjoy, find themselves stuck in a rut and stressed out. Some students will push forward and some will linger behind, depending on what type of student they are. A student who selects courses based on their interest will accumulate less stress and pressure to do well. For example, Jack studies psychology because the subject has always intrigued him. Though his professional goals are clear yet, doing well during his undergraduate studies will help tremendously for his future goals. We all select majors unknowingly where our future self wants to be, we can change our minds and change our majors many times before we find the right one. But deciding to take courses because of a job isn’t always the best choice and can be detrimental to our academic career and self.
When we are passionate in our studies, we find ourselves reaching out to the world to share it with the world. The world can be our community, college campus, and families. Students, who study subjects of their interests, are more likely to be involved. They are not focused on having a career and instead, it is more about self-development. I started off studying biochemistry and it was miserable. I spent three years feeling stressed and unhappy because I selected a major that was best for my professional goals. I did poorly and only when I found something I was passionate about, I started doing much better. I became more involved in the community, my spirits were up, and my grades were much better.
Not everyone has a clear path in life, especially when they are 17 or 18 years old and starting college. It is best for college students to select courses that best peaks their interest rather than what will get them a job in the future. Though the degree may be considered useless to some, some students will have to spend more time pursuing another degree for a job. Everyone lives differently, studying subjects that are enjoyable will promote success, decrease stress, and encourage self-development overall.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 518, 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.
...hat was best for my professional goals. I did poorly and only when I found someth...
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Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...ate about, I started doing much better. I became more involved in the community, ...
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Line 9, column 514, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...and encourage self-development overall.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, however, if, may, so, well, for example
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 36.0 19.5258426966 184% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 21.0 12.4196629213 169% => OK
Conjunction : 26.0 14.8657303371 175% => OK
Relative clauses : 27.0 11.3162921348 239% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 77.0 33.0505617978 233% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 57.0 58.6224719101 97% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 12.9106741573 23% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3131.0 2235.4752809 140% => OK
No of words: 635.0 442.535393258 143% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.93070866142 5.05705443957 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.01988110783 4.55969084622 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70547606147 2.79657885939 97% => OK
Unique words: 291.0 215.323595506 135% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.458267716535 0.4932671777 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 959.4 704.065955056 136% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 18.0 6.24550561798 288% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 4.0 4.99550561798 80% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.77640449438 338% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 33.0 20.2370786517 163% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 23.0359550562 82% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 35.8312799719 60.3974514979 59% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 94.8787878788 118.986275619 80% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.2424242424 23.4991977007 82% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.63636363636 5.21951772744 31% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 7.80617977528 38% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 18.0 10.2758426966 175% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 5.13820224719 136% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.83258426966 166% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.145198243594 0.243740707755 60% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0450396415965 0.0831039109588 54% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0475167909981 0.0758088955206 63% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.103851025477 0.150359130593 69% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.035900392022 0.0667264976115 54% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.4 14.1392134831 81% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 48.8420337079 124% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.1743820225 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.31 12.1639044944 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.86 8.38706741573 94% => OK
difficult_words: 132.0 100.480337079 131% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 11.8971910112 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 11.2143820225 86% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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