Do you agree or disagree with the following statement It is better to have broad knowledge of many academic subjects than to specialize in one specific subject

Knowledge is facts, information, and skills acquired by an individual through experience and education, and there is no debate that they have increasingly become crucial. However, a controversial topic regarding knowledge is whether it is best to have deep knowledge of a specific subject or broad knowledge of every subject. No one can deny that each of the options has its own good and bad aspects, but if I were forced to choose, I affirm that having profound knowledge about one particular topic is the best, and I feel this way for two main reasons, which I will explain in the subsequent paragraphs.

I have to admit that my view on knowledge has been tremendously influenced by the life of my older sister, who currently works as a flight attendant at Qatar Airlines. Since middle school, she has always had an interest in working as a flight attendant since she travels often with my parents, enjoys learning about the wide range of Asian and Latin cultures, and finds their role essential. Since she knew what she wanted to be at a young age, she was able to focus on it, making her future path clear. On the other side, I still do not know what I want to be when I grow up or even major in university. According to recent studies, college students come to university unprepared and explore a variety of career opportunities, delaying their plans. Thus, focusing on a specific matter allows one to have a clear path in life.

On top of that, specializing in an area can help them become the best in that field. Drawing on my experience, I grew up learning how to play the flute, and since it was my peak interest, I solely focused on mastering it. I have practiced it for fourteen years, and I am known as the Flute Master in my school; hence, I often play it in numerous school events like the Christmas Concert and the Narnia Play. Since I focused my whole attention on the flute, I could master it, which would not have been possible if I had aimed to practice all the instruments that exist today.

To wrap up, when one has a particular job like chemical engineering, other knowledge becomes useless. As an illustration, my chemical professor explained to me that although I am not the best in chemistry, it does not matter since I am talented in other courses like English literature and language. He emphasized that everyone has unique talents that should be developed rather than ignored while focusing on other issues that are unrelated to their current and future circumstances.

To sum up, in light of the reasons I mentioned, it is best to specialize in a certain topic than to have general information.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 264, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[9]
Message: The adverb 'often' is usually put before the verb 'travels'.
Suggestion: often travels
...working as a flight attendant since she travels often with my parents, enjoys learning about ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, hence, however, if, regarding, so, still, thus, while, i feel, to sum up, on top of that

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 15.1003584229 99% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 9.8082437276 61% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 13.8261648746 116% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 11.0286738351 145% => OK
Pronoun: 62.0 43.0788530466 144% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 67.0 52.1666666667 128% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.0752688172 74% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2172.0 1977.66487455 110% => OK
No of words: 464.0 407.700716846 114% => OK
Chars per words: 4.68103448276 4.8611393121 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.64119157421 4.48103885553 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.74883771785 2.67179642975 103% => OK
Unique words: 256.0 212.727598566 120% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.551724137931 0.524837075471 105% => OK
syllable_count: 693.0 618.680645161 112% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 14.0 9.59856630824 146% => OK
Article: 1.0 3.08781362007 32% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.51792114695 142% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.86738351254 375% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 9.0 4.94265232975 182% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 20.6003584229 83% => 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: 27.0 20.1344086022 134% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 51.1628108883 48.9658058833 104% => OK
Chars per sentence: 127.764705882 100.406767564 127% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.2941176471 20.6045352989 132% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.47058823529 5.45110844103 100% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.5376344086 18% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 11.8709677419 118% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.85842293907 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.88709677419 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.163179148591 0.236089414692 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0547514660832 0.076458572812 72% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0714692706817 0.0737576698707 97% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0920355753956 0.150856017488 61% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0680262910417 0.0645574589148 105% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.3 11.7677419355 122% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 52.53 58.1214874552 90% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.6 10.1575268817 124% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.16 10.9000537634 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.68 8.01818996416 108% => OK
difficult_words: 109.0 86.8835125448 125% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 19.0 10.002688172 190% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.0537634409 127% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 10.247311828 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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