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.

A national curriculum has many benefits. The first of which allows students the opportunity to be exposed to a variety of subjects not just in the academic but in the practical fields as well. For example, besides the bread and butter subjects in fields of science and humanities, home economics is found in many national curriculums internationally (Singapore being one of them). It allows for students to learn important lifeskills which include cooking. Being able to be exposed to different subjects without being penalised for it in terms of wasted years allows for young students to explore and decide if they are passionate about the various subject matters. If students so decide that none of the subject matters appeal to them, they would have not lost out in terms of time to their fellow peers as everyone goes through the same syllabus. They are then allowed freedom of choice of study in institutes of higher education, or in vocational institutes.

This is important because the number of students that have settled down on a field of study prior to college is few and far between. These students tend to "suffer" in the years they are in the education system. However, not having one might result in more students being unable to decide on a college field of study as they have no idea where to start. A national curriculum then is better for the majority because it introduces them to a variety of subjects.

A national curriculum is also important because it can be used to reflect what is important in the global setting. It allows for the nation to prioritize teaching subjects of study that the nation considers important in the foreseeable future. Having a standardized national curriculum does not mean that it cannot be changed. For example, billingualism was enforced in the national curriculum in Singapore when it was first implemented. Subsequently, the implementation of robotics and coding in recent years reflect the need to keep up with global trends being the foremost priority in the country. These are important changes which one might not have should they be allowed to pursue their own interests.

While one might argue that students should receive education that is tailored to their passion and needs, on a national scale involving countless number of students, this many not be logistically feasible in terms of finances or the manpower needed to carry such a duty out. Hence, a national curriculum should be broad enough to encompass as many fields of study available and provide students a glimpse into their potential as fields of specialisation. This is seen in the usual International Baccalaureate and GCE "O" and "A" levels which includes subjects across languages, sciences and humanities. It should also be flexible enough to allow for modification of its content and coverage to meet national needs and reflect global trends such as in the Singapore context. The benefits of having a national curriculum far outweighs its cons. Thus a nation should require its students to study the same curriculum until they enter college.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 864, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...onal curriculum far outweighs its cons. Thus a nation should require its students to...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, first, hence, however, if, so, then, thus, well, while, for example, such as

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 27.0 19.5258426966 138% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 12.4196629213 97% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 14.8657303371 101% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 33.0505617978 109% => OK
Preposition: 81.0 58.6224719101 138% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 12.9106741573 54% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2602.0 2235.4752809 116% => OK
No of words: 509.0 442.535393258 115% => OK
Chars per words: 5.11198428291 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.74984508646 4.55969084622 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.8974013189 2.79657885939 104% => OK
Unique words: 231.0 215.323595506 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.453831041257 0.4932671777 92% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 818.1 704.065955056 116% => 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: 7.0 4.99550561798 140% => 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: 23.0 20.2370786517 114% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 51.7168019046 60.3974514979 86% => OK
Chars per sentence: 113.130434783 118.986275619 95% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.1304347826 23.4991977007 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.17391304348 5.21951772744 80% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.97078651685 80% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 10.2758426966 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 5.13820224719 19% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 9.0 4.83258426966 186% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.377704031111 0.243740707755 155% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.134490759093 0.0831039109588 162% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.141940317442 0.0758088955206 187% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.24869120519 0.150359130593 165% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.091805714729 0.0667264976115 138% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.7 14.1392134831 97% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 48.8420337079 101% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 12.1743820225 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.36 12.1639044944 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.05 8.38706741573 96% => OK
difficult_words: 107.0 100.480337079 106% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => 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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