Some people believe that universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student s field of study Others believe that universities should not force students to take any courses other than those that will help prepare the

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Some people believe that universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student's field of study. Others believe that universities should not force students to take any courses other than those that will help prepare them for jobs in their chosen fields.

Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.

The main purpose of a university is to prepare a person for his future life, to give him the knowledge required for him to succeed wherever the student goes. The above statements states two differing views. One says that universities should should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student's field of study while the other states that universities should not force students to take any courses other than those that will help prepare them for jobs in their chosen fields. I firmly agree with the latter.

A college degree increases the probability of landing a good job by a significant number. When two people are being interviewed for a job, the interviewer is more likely to select a person with the relevant skillsets required than a jack of all trades. A person who has been studying in his chosen field will have in depth knowledge of the field. This shows that a person who has recieved ample education in his preferred field has an advantage whilst applying for a job. Getting a good job is one of the main reasons a person enrolls in a university. With unemployment on the rise, it is imperative that a person gets a good job. The second view ensures this.

People often give the reason in support of the first view that students require a multitude of skills before they graduate. But in the practical world, that is not necessary. For a student persuing masters in computer science, the knowledge of civil engineering is useless. Many of the graduates have already forgotten the courses they have learned which are not pertinent to their own field. This is just a waste of time. Time which could have been given to learning advanced concepts. But some courses which are not pertaining to the chosen field are necessary. For example, finance management. Even though a person might top his class, the lack of financial knowledge will bring all of his hard work to naught.

Thus, a singular skillset will help a student to go ahead in his field of study, pertinent skills must also be taught by an university for the overall growth of the student. Instead of enforcing courses, students must be free to select additional courses they like.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 180, Rule ID: AGREEMENT_SENT_START[2]
Message: You should probably use 'state'.
Suggestion: state
... the student goes. The above statements states two differing views. One says that univ...
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Line 1, column 235, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: should
...ering views. One says that universities should should require every student to take a variety...
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Line 3, column 300, Rule ID: AFFORD_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the infinitive: 'to field'
Suggestion: to field
...son who has been studying in his chosen field will have in depth knowledge of the fie...
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Line 5, column 545, Rule ID: AFFORD_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the infinitive: 'to field'
Suggestion: to field
... which are not pertaining to the chosen field are necessary. For example, finance man...
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Line 7, column 123, Rule ID: EN_A_VS_AN
Message: Use 'a' instead of 'an' if the following word doesn't start with a vowel sound, e.g. 'a sentence', 'a university'
Suggestion: a
...pertinent skills must also be taught by an university for the overall growth of th...
^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, second, so, thus, while, for example, of course

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 19.5258426966 82% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 12.4196629213 89% => OK
Conjunction : 2.0 14.8657303371 13% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 33.0505617978 82% => OK
Preposition: 48.0 58.6224719101 82% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 12.9106741573 39% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1810.0 2235.4752809 81% => OK
No of words: 378.0 442.535393258 85% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.78835978836 5.05705443957 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.40933352052 4.55969084622 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.55475712439 2.79657885939 91% => OK
Unique words: 191.0 215.323595506 89% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.505291005291 0.4932671777 102% => OK
syllable_count: 560.7 704.065955056 80% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 6.24550561798 80% => OK
Article: 9.0 4.99550561798 180% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.77640449438 113% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.38483146067 68% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 23.0359550562 74% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 59.7942926877 60.3974514979 99% => OK
Chars per sentence: 82.2727272727 118.986275619 69% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.1818181818 23.4991977007 73% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.13636363636 5.21951772744 60% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 10.2758426966 97% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => 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: 0.366589128408 0.243740707755 150% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.077735921345 0.0831039109588 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.153676710781 0.0758088955206 203% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.237517179176 0.150359130593 158% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.194837001388 0.0667264976115 292% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.7 14.1392134831 69% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 48.8420337079 128% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 7.92365168539 39% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 12.1743820225 71% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.21 12.1639044944 84% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.61 8.38706741573 91% => OK
difficult_words: 75.0 100.480337079 75% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 11.2143820225 78% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => 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: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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