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 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.
While it is nice to think that a nation should have unified standards, I believe it to be impractical with regards to education systems. Requiring students to study the same national curriculum up to a high school level may be difficult to implement and may also inadvertently hinder student performances at the college level.
The United States itself contains a vibrant community of international college students. In order for these students to pursue tertiary education in a foreign country, they are required to sit that particular country's exams. An applicant interested in American colleges will unanimously sit the SAT, and non-native English speakers will also have to take TOEFL. Imagine if a nation requires the same education curriculum -- what should high schools focus on? It is impossible for students to have the same college ambitions, so preparing students for foreign exams wastes the time of those interested in domestic colleges, but ignoring foreign standard testing will leave other students underprepared. Standardized exams such as the SAT are also reflective of a country's education institutions, therefore US colleges are also very unlikely to accept students without any familiarity with US testings. The only way to solve this problem is for schools to develop different curriculums that tailor to students with different college pursuits.
Another issue which needs to be taken into consideration is that many high school graduates do not attend college. If high schools all follow the same curriculum, high schools graduates might possibly end up with education levels that are replicas of each other. Imagine employers faced with thousands of the same resume - there will be no way for applicants to stand out. The job search also becomes more arduous for high school graduates. High schools who develop their own curriculum might have the opportunity to specialize in different subjects. For example, The Bronx High School of Science is very suggestive of their school's strength. Students who have no college plans may then choose to attend high schools pertaining to their area of interest, thereby widening their employment opportunities.
Narrowing the scope to domestic students alone, one may argue that since students require the same standardized test in order to apply to college, it is only reasonable for national curriculum to be uniformed. As logical as the idea may be, we should also keep in mind that the standards of teaching at each school are also drastically different. Even if every student studies the same national curriculum prior to college, the result of their performance still varies significantly depending on instruction skills and each individual attitude towards studying. Instead of enforcing a stringent curriculum, why not allow schools to develop their own curriculum according to teacher qualifications and methods of teaching which they find to be most efficacious for students?
Ultimately, I believe nations should not implement identical curriculums until students attend college, because doing so negatively impacts students' future performances in the work force or in college. Allowing schools to develop their individualized curriculum leads to higher chances of specialization in certain fields of study, therefore producing more well-learned students.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 187, Rule ID: MIGHT_PERHAPS[1]
Message: Use simply 'might', 'possibly'.
Suggestion: might; possibly
...same curriculum, high schools graduates might possibly end up with education levels that are r...
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Line 5, column 187, Rule ID: MAY_COULD_POSSIBLY[1]
Message: Use simply 'might'.
Suggestion: might
...same curriculum, high schools graduates might possibly end up with education levels that are r...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, may, so, still, then, therefore, well, while, for example, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 19.5258426966 92% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 12.4196629213 121% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 14.8657303371 40% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 11.0 11.3162921348 97% => OK
Pronoun: 29.0 33.0505617978 88% => OK
Preposition: 69.0 58.6224719101 118% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 12.9106741573 101% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2828.0 2235.4752809 127% => OK
No of words: 512.0 442.535393258 116% => OK
Chars per words: 5.5234375 5.05705443957 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.75682846001 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.97854267267 2.79657885939 107% => OK
Unique words: 266.0 215.323595506 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.51953125 0.4932671777 105% => OK
syllable_count: 886.5 704.065955056 126% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59117977528 107% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.10617977528 161% => OK
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: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.5524938297 60.3974514979 79% => OK
Chars per sentence: 128.545454545 118.986275619 108% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.2727272727 23.4991977007 99% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.68181818182 5.21951772744 71% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 10.2758426966 78% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => 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: 0.230269092371 0.243740707755 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0779251290496 0.0831039109588 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0603353697033 0.0758088955206 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.151756651266 0.150359130593 101% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0457147284585 0.0667264976115 69% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.2 14.1392134831 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 39.67 48.8420337079 81% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 12.1743820225 110% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.03 12.1639044944 124% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.97 8.38706741573 107% => OK
difficult_words: 136.0 100.480337079 135% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 11.8971910112 105% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => 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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