Some people think that all University students should study whatever they like. Others believe that they should only be allowed to study subjects that will be useful in the future, such as those related to science and technology.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
There have been differing opinions on what students entering University should study. Some believe that students should be given the freedom to study a subject of their preference, whereas others disagree and opine to students taking up subjects that are beneficial after graduation. This essay agrees that students should study subjects that will give them a future, instead of one that they like. This essay will discuss both views.
It is common to hear that one should pursue their dreams and has become increasingly popular among their younger generation. In Universities, many opt to study subjects that are considered unpopular such as the arts and humanities. While they may find passion in these subjects, they are termed as ‘sunset industries’ and deemed to be of less importance to society. As such, when graduating with these degrees, they would face unemployment. A general employment survey in 2019 by the various Universities in Singapore found that subjects like arts and humanities had significantly lower employment rates than the average rate, achieving only a mere 53%.
On the contrary, subjects that are increasing in demand and is important in the near future are termed as ‘sunrise industries’, and students studying the relevant subjects would have a better future. Therefore, graduates of subjects such as Computer Science and Business Analytics tend to have better job security and much higher remuneration than graduates of other majors as they are highly regarded by many employers. In a study on Google in 2018, it was found that data analysts received a starting pay of 15% higher than the average, and had plans to retain them for the long term because they were considered to be the brain of the company.
In conclusion, while students should be given the autonomy to decide on their subjects in University, they need to be pragmatic and decide if the subject that they like studying will be useful upon graduation. Hence, many recommend that they should study subjects that are deemed useful in the future instead.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 592, Rule ID: HAVE_PART_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Possible agreement error -- use past participle here: 'lowed', 'lowered'.
Suggestion: lowed; lowered
...e arts and humanities had significantly lower employment rates than the average rate,...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
hence, if, may, so, therefore, whereas, while, in conclusion, such as, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 18.0 13.1623246493 137% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 7.85571142285 165% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 10.4138276553 106% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 7.30460921844 192% => OK
Pronoun: 34.0 24.0651302605 141% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 44.0 41.998997996 105% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 8.3376753507 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1750.0 1615.20841683 108% => OK
No of words: 334.0 315.596192385 106% => OK
Chars per words: 5.23952095808 5.12529762239 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.27500489853 4.20363070211 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.83925172417 2.80592935109 101% => OK
Unique words: 178.0 176.041082164 101% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.532934131737 0.561755894193 95% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 541.8 506.74238477 107% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 5.43587174349 129% => OK
Article: 1.0 2.52805611222 40% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 0.809619238477 371% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 16.0721442886 87% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 20.2975951904 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 61.6206299937 49.4020404114 125% => OK
Chars per sentence: 125.0 106.682146367 117% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.8571428571 20.7667163134 115% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.14285714286 7.06120827912 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.452712863715 0.244688304435 185% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.153986219832 0.084324248473 183% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0915327291721 0.0667982634062 137% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.292571533588 0.151304729494 193% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.101376743015 0.056905535591 178% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.2 13.0946893788 116% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 50.2224549098 96% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.3001002004 109% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.41 12.4159519038 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.8 8.58950901804 102% => OK
difficult_words: 85.0 78.4519038076 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 9.78957915832 87% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.1190380762 111% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.0 Out of 9
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