Some people believe the purpose of education is to prepare people to be useful members for society. Others say that the purpose of education is to achieve personal ambitions. Discuss both opinions and give your own opinion.
TAs time has passed, the general level of education around the world has been seen to improve. A widespread increase in average wages and an increase in the availability of both schools and universities are two contributory reasons for this. With more and more money being invested in education by both the private sector and governments alike, it is germane to discuss the exact purpose of education in order to determine whether education benefits primarily the individual involved or society as a whole. The following essay will provide the merits of both views in turn.
Beginning with the view that education exists to satisfy the needs of society, it can be argued that, without education, a society would dissolve, no matter the quality of its constituents. Were an entire generation to abstain from any form of education, services that have become essential to modern society would be left unavailable. Without the technical proficiency to maintain them, factories would eventually fall silent and the infrastructure of the modern world would rapidly fall into disrepair. In addition, with healthcare services requiring extended periods of training, the populace would likely soon suffer to a similar or worse extent. Therefore, due to its importance in providing society with a useful and knowledgeable labour force, the acquisition of education can be seen as a responsibility that an individual must take on to contribute towards the maintenance of a functional society.
Turning to an alternative viewpoint, there are those who mainly view education as a tool to empower the individual. From an individual’s perspective, an education can open pathways to new opportunities, both occupational and social. While it is possible, it is usually unlikely for those who were limited to primary and secondary education alone to achieve higher incomes, due to the demands placed upon the occupations that tend to provide such incomes. As a result, depending on the culture of those in question, the majority of potential students are likely to be largely motivated by this factor as it has a direct and measurable impact on their lives.
To conclude, while the motivations of each student may well vary, the overall purpose of education would appear to be to allow individuals to fit necessary niches within society. Although those undergoing the process of education might not be fully aware that it is happening, the financial and social opportunities that they are aiming for when they pursue primary, secondary and tertiary education are dictated by the needs of society as a whole.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, may, second, so, therefore, well, while, in addition, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 13.1623246493 144% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 7.85571142285 165% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 10.4138276553 125% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 7.30460921844 137% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 24.0651302605 104% => OK
Preposition: 65.0 41.998997996 155% => OK
Nominalization: 20.0 8.3376753507 240% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2188.0 1615.20841683 135% => OK
No of words: 416.0 315.596192385 132% => OK
Chars per words: 5.25961538462 5.12529762239 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.51620172871 4.20363070211 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.02229144229 2.80592935109 108% => OK
Unique words: 229.0 176.041082164 130% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.550480769231 0.561755894193 98% => OK
syllable_count: 729.9 506.74238477 144% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.60771543086 112% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 5.43587174349 55% => OK
Article: 10.0 2.52805611222 396% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.76152304609 147% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 27.0 20.2975951904 133% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 59.804347668 49.4020404114 121% => OK
Chars per sentence: 145.866666667 106.682146367 137% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.7333333333 20.7667163134 134% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.66666666667 7.06120827912 66% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.200294259167 0.244688304435 82% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0643207075749 0.084324248473 76% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0501590611266 0.0667982634062 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.12948016213 0.151304729494 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0446286535821 0.056905535591 78% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.2 13.0946893788 131% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 27.15 50.2224549098 54% => Flesch_reading_ease is low.
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 16.2 11.3001002004 143% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.52 12.4159519038 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.06 8.58950901804 117% => OK
difficult_words: 134.0 78.4519038076 171% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.78957915832 123% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.1190380762 126% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.7795591182 121% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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