A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until until they enter college.
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.
Education is one of the pillars of society. A nation that prioritizes its education system is investing in its future citizens especially considering ever increasingly global economy. While a national primary and secondary curriculum with identical standards for all students seems like a sound concept, there are various factors and implications that must be take into account. In order to develop a plan for feasible educational reform, it is important to consider how how such a plan will actually affect those involved.
A national curriculum requires that the same educational plan be instituted at every school. However, this assumes that every school has the same resources available to implement such a plan. However, this is not the reality. School districts vary widely in the funding that is allocated to them, much of it depending on the proporty value of the district's homes. A school in rural Kentucky is certainly not going to have the same materials or personnel as a school in San Francisco. The school in Kentucky will struggle much more to implement the national curriculum and may ultimately not be able to do so. The school in San Francisco, however, may more funding that the curriculum would require which they would then not be able to divert to other activities as it would not follow the national standards.
A second consideration in the proposal should be the aptitude of students. A national curriculum may not be adequate to address the various needs of students. All children develop at different paces and some may fall behind or advance ahead compared to their peers. If a child is is not hitting all the milestones, how will remediation be done? If a child is clearly performing at a higher level, should we limit that child to the standards set in the national curriculum? A national curriculum simply does not consider the unique development of all students.
All humans have individual talents. While some may excel in the humanities or arts, others may thrive in the hard sciences. Others, still, may ultimately find a better fit in technical pursuits. A national curriculum would box students in without allowing them to explore their natural gifts. A child who has the potential to become a piano virtuoso may never have the chance to experiment with a piano if the national curriculum does not allow for it. A child who may feel most satisfied working as an electrician may never have the opportunity to circuit some wires. A national curriculum may not make allowances for innate talents.
While a national curriculum seems like a logical concept in fortifying a nation's education system, many factors have to be considered. Schools and districts may not be able to function within national standards. However, if a system is developed that addresses these concerns, among others, providing students with a set of fundamental skills and knowledge would ultimately be beneficial for a country as it molds its citizens into contributing and capable members.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, however, if, may, second, so, still, then, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.5258426966 108% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 23.0 12.4196629213 185% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 14.8657303371 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 33.0505617978 79% => OK
Preposition: 56.0 58.6224719101 96% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2526.0 2235.4752809 113% => OK
No of words: 496.0 442.535393258 112% => OK
Chars per words: 5.09274193548 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.71922212354 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.85827374444 2.79657885939 102% => OK
Unique words: 234.0 215.323595506 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.471774193548 0.4932671777 96% => OK
syllable_count: 810.9 704.065955056 115% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 6.24550561798 48% => OK
Article: 12.0 4.99550561798 240% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 27.0 20.2370786517 133% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 50.2188898709 60.3974514979 83% => OK
Chars per sentence: 93.5555555556 118.986275619 79% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.3703703704 23.4991977007 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.33333333333 5.21951772744 45% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 7.80617977528 77% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 10.2758426966 136% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 11.0 4.83258426966 228% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.194693433532 0.243740707755 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0590177648686 0.0831039109588 71% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0481633725136 0.0758088955206 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.115949553663 0.150359130593 77% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.00706928123968 0.0667264976115 11% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.7 14.1392134831 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 48.8420337079 109% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.1743820225 85% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.24 12.1639044944 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.64 8.38706741573 103% => OK
difficult_words: 129.0 100.480337079 128% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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