The primary goal of education is to get a job.
For years and years, a school of thought in the education sector has been clamoring for a change in the approach to schooling. They argue that since the next step from schooling is a career, schooling should be programmed to cater to the needs of specific careers. However, I mostly disagree with this idea for the two reasons detailed below.
Education began with a primordial need to impart and imbue knowledge in order to gain an understanding of the world around us. Indeed, when ancient Indian seers started the "gurukul" - a primitive school for children where subjects as varied as mathematics, science, commerce, and the languages were taught under the same roof by a single "guru" - it was not because they foresaw a monetary return on investment through it; it was to inculcate in the children personal discipline, a thirst for knowledge, and respect for the world around them. Often these students later went on to become teachers themselves, which is hardly a profession one pursues for its monetary benefits.
Further, our world and its problems are not divided into disparate, one-track fields, where the solution to a problem can be found within the field itself. Granted, to solve monumental issues and do critical research, one must be well-versed with the intricacies of their field. But such specialization does not preclude knowledge of one's surrounding environment. For any person to do their job well, they must take into consideration the economic, social, and political impacts of their actions. For example, an environmental minister is responsible for environmental conservation, but to get carried away with this sole aim might come at a huge cost. They must pay due attention to the social and economic effects of any legislation, which requires a good understanding of the socio-economic makeup of their community. Thus, while their degree might help them to get a job, to do it well, their education must be holistic.
One might argue that since jobs are specialized vocations and require equally specialized experts, it is a waste to make any person study subjects they consider irrelevant to their field. But it is important to understand that for any enterprise, one must consider the efforts of previous experts in their historical, geographical, and social context. For example, science will tell you how Madam Marie Curie discovered radium; but history will teach you of her background and the difficulties she faced as a woman in science in her time. Such details are inextricable from her story and command equal import.
In conclusion, while getting a job is a goal of education, it is not the sole objective. To see education as a sole means to an end is to disregard its significance in gaining an understanding of the world around us, which, our ancestors might argue, is why it was started.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, if, so, thus, well, while, as to, for example, in conclusion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 21.0 19.5258426966 108% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.4196629213 113% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 14.8657303371 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 11.3162921348 71% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 45.0 33.0505617978 136% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 63.0 58.6224719101 107% => OK
Nominalization: 16.0 12.9106741573 124% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2387.0 2235.4752809 107% => OK
No of words: 469.0 442.535393258 106% => OK
Chars per words: 5.08955223881 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.65364457471 4.55969084622 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.04557632979 2.79657885939 109% => OK
Unique words: 262.0 215.323595506 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.558635394456 0.4932671777 113% => OK
syllable_count: 734.4 704.065955056 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 6.24550561798 160% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 8.0 1.77640449438 450% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 23.0359550562 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 76.4205814108 60.3974514979 127% => OK
Chars per sentence: 125.631578947 118.986275619 106% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.6842105263 23.4991977007 105% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.89473684211 5.21951772744 75% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 7.80617977528 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
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: 0.119156375934 0.243740707755 49% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0442670664882 0.0831039109588 53% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0797448367277 0.0758088955206 105% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0747961376148 0.150359130593 50% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0689290685838 0.0667264976115 103% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.9 14.1392134831 105% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 48.8420337079 96% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 12.1743820225 104% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.54 12.1639044944 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.9 8.38706741573 106% => OK
difficult_words: 121.0 100.480337079 120% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 11.2143820225 103% => 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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