Some people think that universities should provide graduates with the knowledge and skill needed in the workplace. Others think that the true function of a university should be to give access to knowledge for its own sake, regardless of whether the course is useful to an employer.
Nowadays, with more students being enrolled in universities, many people are concerned about the knowledge and skills available. Meanwhile, whether the university should provide students with pure knowledge or practical skills remains a controversial issue. I agree with the view that the main function of a university is to offer practical skills and knowledge related to a future career.
Obviously, offering more practical skills and knowledge can prepare students better for the job maerket, thus benefiting students themselves. Most students prefer to receive a higher education because it can provide them access to better-paid jobs and higher social status. Therefore, to give the priority to the need of the majority, the university should put more emphases on skills and knowledge which can be useful and helpful in their future career development.
Moreover, it also helps if university education keeps up with social development. For instance, nowadays, people with a comprehensive skill in both English and finance are in great demand due to business globalization. Universities can provide English majors with financial knowledge or offer language studies to students majoring in finance, thus making their education advanced and leading-edge. Furthermore, these universities will gain a good reputation for their students’ high competitiveness in job markets. Therefore, it’s crucial that they take social demands into consideration in developing their curriculum.
That is not to say that universities should focus on practical skills only. Indeed, in certain disciplines, pure knowledge and theoretical basis play a more important role, such as mathematics and physics. Yet they are merely the minority.
In sum, the main function of the university is providing skills and knowledge related to students’ future careers. Meanwhile, we should not underestimate the importance of pure knowledge. Only by a proper combination of both can a high quality education be ensured and more talents who can contribute to human social development be cultivated.
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Discourse Markers used:
['also', 'but', 'furthermore', 'if', 'moreover', 'so', 'therefore', 'thus', 'while', 'for instance', 'such as']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.269565217391 0.247107183377 109% => OK
Verbs: 0.127536231884 0.155533422707 82% => OK
Adjectives: 0.121739130435 0.0946595960268 129% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0492753623188 0.0501214627716 98% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0347826086957 0.0437548338989 79% => OK
Prepositions: 0.101449275362 0.122226691241 83% => OK
Participles: 0.0376811594203 0.0403226058552 93% => OK
Conjunctions: 3.14015482429 2.80594681477 112% => OK
Infinitives: 0.031884057971 0.0326793684256 98% => OK
Particles: 0.00289855072464 0.00163938923432 177% => OK
Determiners: 0.0753623188406 0.0861772015684 87% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.031884057971 0.021408717616 149% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.00579710144928 0.011925033212 49% => Some subClauses wanted starting by 'Which, Who, What, Whom, Whose.....'
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 2078.0 1933.35771543 107% => OK
No of words: 310.0 316.048096192 98% => OK
Chars per words: 6.70322580645 6.12580529183 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.19604776685 4.20517956788 100% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.474193548387 0.374742101984 127% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.364516129032 0.28420135186 128% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.287096774194 0.203846283523 141% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.21935483871 0.137316102897 160% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.14015482429 2.80594681477 112% => OK
Unique words: 166.0 176.037074148 94% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.535483870968 0.56093040696 95% => OK
Word variations: 55.5071346232 60.7387585426 91% => OK
How many sentences: 17.0 16.0891783567 106% => OK
Sentence length: 18.2352941176 20.7743622355 88% => OK
Sentence length SD: 38.0016390104 49.517814964 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 122.235294118 127.492653851 96% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.2352941176 20.7743622355 88% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.647058823529 0.814263465372 79% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38877755511 114% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 3.99599198397 0% => OK
Readability: 54.6869070209 49.1944974215 111% => OK
Elegance: 1.93150684932 1.69124875643 114% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.463772582248 0.332605444948 139% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.100719701259 0.102741220458 98% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.062080970672 0.0668466124924 93% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.523253655957 0.534860350844 98% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.117788520939 0.148594505496 79% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.172286449405 0.134430193775 128% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.113782936754 0.0742795772207 153% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.255147075495 0.324371583561 79% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.103645052156 0.0638462369009 162% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.302969993442 0.228012699653 133% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0918897229261 0.058150111329 158% => OK
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.68436873747 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 3.41683366733 176% => OK
Positive topic words: 7.0 5.90881763527 118% => OK
Negative topic words: 1.0 2.5751503006 39% => OK
Neutral topic words: 3.0 1.9629258517 153% => OK
Total topic words: 11.0 10.4468937876 105% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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