A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum 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 rea

It is the responsibility of a nation to provide equal opportunities to all its citizens. Students constitute a major part of the population of any country. A uniform national curriculum will ensure that the students have access to the same resources before they narrow down to their area of learning interest in college. It should be made mandatory for a nation to require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college.

Furthermore, a uniform national curriculum alleviates the need for an entrance exam at college level. The existence of different curricula gives rise to a debate over the superiority of the syllabi followed by one curriculum over another. This gives rise to the need for a common entrance exam. The students, who are already overloaded with the vast syllabi, have to brace themselves for another exam. This increases the pressure on young minds who could otherwise be engaged in more innovative and practical activities like engaging in summer internships or workshops in their area of interest. Thus the presence of common entrance exams is a consequence of the varies curricula followed by different schools in a nation.

Besides, when students are exposed to a uniform curriculum, they make informed choices while choosing their specialisation in college. A student who has never been introduced to vocation based subjects like Electronics or Computer Science at school level will not have an inclination towards them at the college level as against a student following the curriculum in which such courses are mandatory. Thus a balanced and uniform curriculum introduces students to a myriad of subjects at a early age and helps in shaping up their future interests.

Equally important is the basic knowledge needed for a person to function in today's era. If students are allowed to choose their area of interest in school, they will be devoid of the knowledge of some basic subjects. For example, a student who is interested only in Biology may choose to eliminate statistics from his curriculum. However, all the branches of learning are inter-related and the student not studying basic mathematics may find himself or herself at a disadvantage. Advanced research in Biology needs the knowledge of many probability functions and Hypothesis testing. A student who is not aware of such basic statistics will find himself or herself at a loss.

In addition to the reasons stated above, a uniform national curriculum will make it easier to train the faculty and they can easily be transferred from one school to another as and when the need arises. No special trainings will be needed in case there is a requirement in another school and the teacher desires to change over. Similarly, a student who has to move to different part of the nation owing to personal reasons will not find himself at sea. He or she will be at ease due to the familiar curriculum.

Nevertheless, some people tend to believe that the existence of different curricula is a must due to globalisation. Many students choose to study abroad after school. In such cases, the need for schools with curriculum based on international syllabi is a must. Such schools charge heavy fees which can only be afforded by a small section of the society. This causes the feeling of disparity between the rich and poor class to take roots in the minds of children. If the national curriculum is designed in such a way that it caters to the need of students desirous of pursuing further education abroad, this problem can be eliminated.

In conclusion, a uniform curriculum designed in such a way that it caters to the needs and inclinations of all the students of the nation, irrespective of class and creed is the need of the hour. Such a step will help us in building a society with equal opportunities and access to resources to its children, thereby promising a better future.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
besides, furthermore, however, if, may, nevertheless, similarly, so, thus, while, as to, for example, in addition, in conclusion

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 19.5258426966 123% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 24.0 12.4196629213 193% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 14.8657303371 114% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.3162921348 124% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 33.0505617978 112% => OK
Preposition: 110.0 58.6224719101 188% => OK
Nominalization: 18.0 12.9106741573 139% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3262.0 2235.4752809 146% => OK
No of words: 653.0 442.535393258 148% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.9954058193 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.05508305356 4.55969084622 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.88839989036 2.79657885939 103% => OK
Unique words: 288.0 215.323595506 134% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.441041347626 0.4932671777 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 1061.1 704.065955056 151% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 6.24550561798 144% => OK
Article: 11.0 4.99550561798 220% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 31.0 20.2370786517 153% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.5249644868 60.3974514979 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.225806452 118.986275619 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.064516129 23.4991977007 90% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.12903225806 5.21951772744 79% => OK
Paragraphs: 7.0 4.97078651685 141% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 4.0 7.80617977528 51% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
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: 0.222261854741 0.243740707755 91% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0651447421199 0.0831039109588 78% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0822613149735 0.0758088955206 109% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.128749251943 0.150359130593 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.106066557228 0.0667264976115 159% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.6 14.1392134831 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 48.8420337079 103% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.72 12.1639044944 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.38 8.38706741573 100% => OK
difficult_words: 153.0 100.480337079 152% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 11.8971910112 76% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => 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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