Universities should require students to take courses only within those fields they are interested in studying.
Write a response in which you discuss your views on the policy and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider the possible consequences of implementing the policy and explain how these consequences shape your position.
The idea that colleges should require students to take only the classes they are interested in seems to be popular amongst students frustrated by taking classes they think they will never need. The idea sounds beneficial, but in practice, has many more negatives than positives. Colleges should continue to require students to take courses in a variety of subjects, not simply those they are interested in.
When a student enters college, their goal is typically to complete an education that prepares them for a career in a field they are interested in. However, in many instances, students begin college without knowing what career journey they want to embark upon. They might be interested in studying French, Calculus, and Medieval History. A student in that situation would have a very difficult time picking a path of interest from which to choose classes. By requiring general electives as a starting point, colleges provide the opportunity for students to winnow their choices into one interest they can feel confident in pursuing.
Even in an ideal world, in which a student graduating from high school feels certain they have picked the field they are most interested in, by relegating that student to one type of class, colleges are preventing the student from completing a truly well-rounded education. If a student wants to become a math teacher, they should not simply take math courses. As a teacher, of any subject, it is imperative that they have a well-rounded education, so that they may also educate in a well-rounded manner. By eliminating variety in course type, colleges would be eliminating variety in the knowledge of their graduates, something no college would seek to do.
However, it is important to consider the amount of time and money that students are forced to spend on classes that might not serve their final occupational interests and goals. If a student is confident that they want to be a writer, that student could argue that advanced mathematics courses would not be beneficial, but rather prevent them from entering their chosen occupation as quickly, as well as adding more of a financial burden.
In conclusion, if universities were to require students to only take courses within the fields they were studying, they would prevent students from having the opportunity to hone their interests and decide what path they should take. Additionally, students would not be as well-rounded, and they would miss out on the richness of education that comes from learning things outside of your comfort zone. Although these students might save time and money by only taking classes that fit their interests, they would be losing much more.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 480, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in a well-rounded manner" with adverb for "well-rounded"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
...ducation, so that they may also educate in a well-rounded manner. By eliminating variety in course type,...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, may, so, well, in conclusion, as well as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 19.5258426966 97% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 20.0 12.4196629213 161% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 14.8657303371 54% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 16.0 11.3162921348 141% => OK
Pronoun: 46.0 33.0505617978 139% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 62.0 58.6224719101 106% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 12.9106741573 46% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2247.0 2235.4752809 101% => OK
No of words: 438.0 442.535393258 99% => OK
Chars per words: 5.1301369863 5.05705443957 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.57476223824 4.55969084622 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70512877522 2.79657885939 97% => OK
Unique words: 210.0 215.323595506 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.479452054795 0.4932671777 97% => OK
syllable_count: 689.4 704.065955056 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 8.0 3.10617977528 258% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 20.2370786517 84% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 25.0 23.0359550562 109% => OK
Sentence length SD: 56.62466725 60.3974514979 94% => OK
Chars per sentence: 132.176470588 118.986275619 111% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.7647058824 23.4991977007 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.76470588235 5.21951772744 72% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 5.13820224719 58% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.83258426966 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.273099160231 0.243740707755 112% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.105932798927 0.0831039109588 127% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0855684658898 0.0758088955206 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.178601718823 0.150359130593 119% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0771214243768 0.0667264976115 116% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.6 14.1392134831 110% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 46.1 48.8420337079 94% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.1743820225 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.77 12.1639044944 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.23 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 93.0 100.480337079 93% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 11.8971910112 97% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 11.2143820225 107% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 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.