A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college.

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A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college.

There is a famous quote by Albert Einstein that says "everybody is a genius but if you judge a fish on it's ability to climb a tree, it will spend it's whole life thinking it is stupid." Every student is unique, they learn in their own way, each one has their own interests, and they all have a unique set of skills. If every student had the same curriculum until they enter college there would be a gigantic disadvantage for some and a large advantage for others. Learning should be a tailored experience for each child.

If one child was extremely interested in and skilled at science but hated the arts and did poorly in those classes it is reasoned to believe it is fair that the child's course load should be heavily based in the science field. If there was one set curriculum, this student might not get to focus on science classes because he has to take multiple arts. This would not only stunt this individual's learning but also ill-prepare them for their transition to college where they would mainly take classes in their major.

Of course the opposite side can make the argument that by having one curriculum followed by the whole nation would force students to develop different skill sets. This idea is a pleasant and unrealistic one. Children and young adults will almost always rebel against what they are forced to do. By making them learn something they do not want to they will likely resent it for the rest of their lives. If the student was able to choose on their own they would be more likely to have an open mind about different areas of interest.

One curriculum for an entire nation just does not make sense. Each state has their own laws, each city has their own traditions, and each home has their own values. Their is no reason to believe school would be the one place that a generalized system followed by an entire nation would benefit anyone.

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Average: 5.8 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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... resent it for the rest of their lives. If the student was able to choose on their...
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...ns, and each home has their own values. Their is no reason to believe school would be...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, if, so, as to, of course

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.5258426966 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.4196629213 113% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 14.8657303371 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 11.3162921348 44% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 38.0 33.0505617978 115% => OK
Preposition: 33.0 58.6224719101 56% => More preposition wanted.
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: 1555.0 2235.4752809 70% => OK
No of words: 337.0 442.535393258 76% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.61424332344 5.05705443957 91% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.28457229495 4.55969084622 94% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.37348661308 2.79657885939 85% => OK
Unique words: 178.0 215.323595506 83% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.528189910979 0.4932671777 107% => OK
syllable_count: 491.4 704.065955056 70% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 6.24550561798 96% => OK
Article: 0.0 4.99550561798 0% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.10617977528 129% => 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: 14.0 20.2370786517 69% => 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: 24.0 23.0359550562 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 70.6367540336 60.3974514979 117% => OK
Chars per sentence: 111.071428571 118.986275619 93% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.0714285714 23.4991977007 102% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.5 5.21951772744 48% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 10.2758426966 49% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 5.13820224719 97% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.196639641344 0.243740707755 81% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0697822561483 0.0831039109588 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0555295970916 0.0758088955206 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.118965089731 0.150359130593 79% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0579164074724 0.0667264976115 87% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.3 14.1392134831 87% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.58 48.8420337079 114% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.1743820225 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.75 12.1639044944 80% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.64 8.38706741573 91% => OK
difficult_words: 60.0 100.480337079 60% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 11.8971910112 122% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.2143820225 103% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Better to have 5/6 paragraphs with 3/4 arguments. And try always support/against one side but compare two sides, like this:

para 1: introduction
para 2: reason 1. address both of the views presented for reason 1
para 3: reason 2. address both of the views presented for reason 2
para 4: reason 3. address both of the views presented for reason 3
para 5: reason 4. address both of the views presented for reason 4 (optional)
para 6: conclusion.


Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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