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.

Some people think that it is obligatory that all the students study the same national curriculum at school. On the contrary, other people claim that a nation should not require students to study the same subjects and should let pupils make their study plan. Undoubtedly, the statement given is rather controversial. However, a closer examination reveals, that the same national curriculum brings more benefits for students than a free study plan.

To begin with, a school is the first step to a real life. It is undeniable fact that people face many problems during their lives, so they should be ready for everything and be aware of how to resolve any given problem. The same national curriculum is created and developed by qualified experts that know much about education and have a great life experience. So it is highly possible that the study plan, which is implemented by the government, would be a great start for students to get a knowledge about every sphere of their lives. If students are allowed to make their own study plan, they will probably choose homogeneous courses that will relate to one subject. For instance, a person who is interested in mathematics will choose mathematical courses, such as algebra, geometry, physics, IT. However, he will have a lack of knowledge in other important subjects such as literature and geography. It may be unnecessary considering student's future profession; however, he will be a boring person who doesn't have essential knowledge on general things. Would it be interesting to talk to such a person? I assume that the answer is 'no.' That's why it is more reasonable to implement a standard curriculum so that all students could widen their knowledge on many subjects.

Secondly, a national curriculum will make competition fairer. It is widely known that nowadays university admissions are highly competitive. Universities have to make a decision based on candidates' academic performance. However, it would be much more complicated to evaluate person's ability in comparison to others if he had another range of subjects. Having a national curriculum will let to estimate students' performance way better. Moreover, pupils will have a greater motivation to work hard so they could be admitted to a dream university.

Of course, a free study plan has some benefits, too. A student will have a possibility to concentrate on target subjects that he/she is more interested in. That approach will lead to a better knowledge of a student's area of studies when he starts college. As a result, colleges will be able to exclude some redundant information (for instance, elementary things) and pay more attention to more complicated topics that could be necessary for a future specialist. However, as I have written above, students with a free study plan may lack a basic knowledge in other areas of their lives.

Finally, the same national curriculum will give students an opportunity to understand what they want to study in the future. It is particularly complicated to make a right choice at such a young age. Having a possibility to try studying many subjects will help pupils to comprehend which area of studies attracts they mostly. That's a great reason why it is necessary to study a wide range of courses.

Once there are arguments to be made for both points of view, it is clear that national curriculum is way better for students. They will have a possibility to widen their knowledge on all the subjects and to understand what they want to do in their future lives.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, first, however, if, may, moreover, second, secondly, so, for instance, of course, such as, as a result, on the contrary, to begin with

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 30.0 19.5258426966 154% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 25.0 12.4196629213 201% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 7.0 14.8657303371 47% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 20.0 11.3162921348 177% => OK
Pronoun: 49.0 33.0505617978 148% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 65.0 58.6224719101 111% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 12.9106741573 108% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2944.0 2235.4752809 132% => OK
No of words: 587.0 442.535393258 133% => OK
Chars per words: 5.01533219761 5.05705443957 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.9222030514 4.55969084622 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.86159849395 2.79657885939 102% => OK
Unique words: 261.0 215.323595506 121% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.444633730835 0.4932671777 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 948.6 704.065955056 135% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 6.24550561798 208% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 9.0 4.99550561798 180% => OK
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: 32.0 20.2370786517 158% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 39.6139451259 60.3974514979 66% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.0 118.986275619 77% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.34375 23.4991977007 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.46875 5.21951772744 86% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 7.80617977528 64% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 18.0 10.2758426966 175% => 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: 0.300106876811 0.243740707755 123% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0859159169902 0.0831039109588 103% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0990975919697 0.0758088955206 131% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.195044098231 0.150359130593 130% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.113353374775 0.0667264976115 170% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.4 14.1392134831 81% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 48.8420337079 109% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 12.1743820225 85% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.84 12.1639044944 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.86 8.38706741573 94% => OK
difficult_words: 124.0 100.480337079 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 11.8971910112 71% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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