“Competition for high grades seriously limits the quality of learning at all levels of education.
Being a top achiever in academics comes with many rewards. Many students in various levels of education strive to get high grades for the benefits it brings. The ambition for good results in schools seems like a totally good thing. However, concerns have been raised as to whether the competition among students to get top results undermines the sole purpose of learning, to learn a skill or gain knowledge. Competition for academic excellence among high school students improves their desire to learn.
Top ranking Universities require high grades t be considered for admission. Many high school students wish is to be admitted to one of the most prestigious universities. These universities have set one of the highest admission requirements. Among the requirements are perfect scores in standardized tests. high school students who wish to get admitted to prestigious universities have to work extremely hard. Universities like Havard and Stanford are two of the most in-demand universities. Their admission criteria are so strict. Students who have been admitted to these two universities testify that the desire to study at those universities motivated them to learn and work hard even more.
While the desire to get into prestigious universities may be a driving factor in increasing the quality of learning, a good reputation for schools also plays a role in uplifting the standards of learning of that particular school. In many developed countries, such as Canada. In China, top-rated schools enjoy many benefits. Top-ranked schools receive the most research grants,f for example, admit the brightest students in that country. Schools raise their standards to receive a top rating. In trying to raise their standards, schools award high-performing students with prizes and scholarships. In return, students who desire scholarships study and strive to learn all that is taught.
In addition to schools wanting a good reputation, Universities use grades to admit students for high-demand study programs. Many universities have a limited number of students they can admit to a particular program of study, as a way to select the most qualified. Universities use grades obtained in high school standardized tests. Every year, over 7000 students apply for admission to Harvard law school and the program only admits 50 students a year. High school students and schools are aware that in-demand programs require good grades and the highest learning standards are required to achieve those grades.
that said the opposing view is that placing so much emphasis on grades beats the purpose of learning. The primary purpose is to learn or gain a skill. exams should only be used to measure our levels of understanding of the materials learned. The argument is that now exams have become so important and that schools are now focusing on getting their students to pass exams. However, this argument is flawed because exams need a level of understanding to pass. high achievers have proven to have fully grasped all the skills and knowledge accorded.
In conclusion, the competition for high grades in high school is a very good selection measure of admission to prestigious universities and it forces high schools to increase their standards for a good rating.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 268, Rule ID: WHETHER[6]
Message: Can you shorten this phrase to just 'whether', or rephrase the sentence to avoid "as to"?
Suggestion: whether
...ing. However, concerns have been raised as to whether the competition among students to get t...
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Line 2, column 306, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: High
...e perfect scores in standardized tests. high school students who wish to get admitte...
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Line 3, column 377, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma
Suggestion: , f
...schools receive the most research grants,f for example, admit the brightest studen...
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Line 4, column 1, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...d strive to learn all that is taught. In addition to schools wanting a good repu...
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Line 5, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: That
...are required to achieve those grades. that said the opposing view is that placing ...
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Line 5, column 152, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Exams
...ry purpose is to learn or gain a skill. exams should only be used to measure our leve...
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Line 5, column 437, Rule ID: ADMIT_ENJOY_VB[3]
Message: This verb is used with the gerund form: 'understanding passing'.
Suggestion: understanding passing
...is flawed because exams need a level of understanding to pass. high achievers have proven to have ful...
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Line 5, column 460, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: High
... need a level of understanding to pass. high achievers have proven to have fully gra...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, however, if, may, so, while, as to, for example, in addition, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 20.0 19.5258426966 102% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 12.4196629213 32% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 14.8657303371 81% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 33.0505617978 76% => OK
Preposition: 73.0 58.6224719101 125% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2744.0 2235.4752809 123% => OK
No of words: 520.0 442.535393258 118% => OK
Chars per words: 5.27692307692 5.05705443957 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.77530192783 4.55969084622 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.91530089184 2.79657885939 104% => OK
Unique words: 226.0 215.323595506 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.434615384615 0.4932671777 88% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 831.6 704.065955056 118% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 32.0 20.2370786517 158% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 23.0359550562 69% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 45.7427846086 60.3974514979 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 85.75 118.986275619 72% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.25 23.4991977007 69% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.8125 5.21951772744 54% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 7.80617977528 102% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 23.0 10.2758426966 224% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.83258426966 145% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.237700747037 0.243740707755 98% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0658466538351 0.0831039109588 79% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0670469094894 0.0758088955206 88% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.145449366177 0.150359130593 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0544899280565 0.0667264976115 82% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.6 14.1392134831 82% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 48.8420337079 113% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 12.1743820225 78% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.05 12.1639044944 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.2 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 124.0 100.480337079 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 11.8971910112 59% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.4 11.2143820225 75% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.