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.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
The university is a very important part of our lives. It is the place that we start our professional career and where we will acquire our knowledge for the future. Some people believe that it is better to specialize in one specific academic subject during our studies; other disagree. In my view, it is better to have a broad knowledge of many subjects for two important reasons.
The main reason is that we can discover new fields of study which we will actually be interested. Researches are being produced every day from a broad range of different areas. In order to discover them we need to be constantly seeking for new areas. For example, when I was a freshman engineering student, I remember that my first specific course was about aerodynamics. It was a very interesting subject, the professor always showed to the class all the possible applications from vehicles to space ships and I was really amazed by that. So, I started to focus my studies on that, but after a time I realised that it was a very mathematical field, with a lot of complex equations and most of time it was very boring. Luckily, I also enrolled to some structural courses and then I discovered the area that I really loved. It uses a lot of programming and simulations, tasks that I enjoy doing. In that way, if I did not tried some other areas of engineering I will never found the structural field. This event clearly demonstrated that it is very important to have a broad knowledge of many academic subjects.
Another reason is that a good professional need to all the area from their field of study. Even though careers are always asking from specialists, on the real work we will always need to use a broad knowledge. For instance, I remember when was an intern in an engineering company, I received a very difficult task to do. A beam that has being used in a truck showed some dangerous cracks after a very small time in use. My specialty was to estimate these fractures, but this result was unexpected. After a long research, I discovered that the problem was from another area that I did not counted. These cracks were being generated by an acoustic vibration created by the truck frame. Thus, the solution came from changing the shape of the truck and it was a speciality completely different from which I was designated but I had to do the work on the same way because I was the responsible for that product. This experience taught me that it is better to know different academic subjects.
In sum, though some may believe that it is a good thing to specialize in one specific academic subject, it is much better to have a broad knowledge of different subjects. Not only we can find new fields or areas but also every professional need to know a lot of different subjects. Everyone should try to learn more about their field of study to see all the benefits.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 922, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'did' requires the base form of the verb: 'try'
Suggestion: try
... enjoy doing. In that way, if I did not tried some other areas of engineering I will ...
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Line 5, column 192, Rule ID: A_UNCOUNTABLE[4]
Message: Uncountable nouns are usually not used with an indefinite article. Use simply 'broad knowledge'.
Suggestion: broad knowledge
...he real work we will always need to use a broad knowledge. For instance, I remember when was an i...
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Line 5, column 589, Rule ID: DID_BASEFORM[1]
Message: The verb 'did' requires the base form of the verb: 'count'
Suggestion: count
...em was from another area that I did not counted. These cracks were being generated by a...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, if, may, really, so, then, thus, as to, for example, for instance, in my view
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 31.0 15.1003584229 205% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 9.8082437276 122% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 13.8261648746 80% => OK
Relative clauses : 23.0 11.0286738351 209% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 72.0 43.0788530466 167% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 63.0 52.1666666667 121% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 8.0752688172 50% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2349.0 1977.66487455 119% => OK
No of words: 510.0 407.700716846 125% => OK
Chars per words: 4.60588235294 4.8611393121 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.75217629947 4.48103885553 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.71381403573 2.67179642975 102% => OK
Unique words: 227.0 212.727598566 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.445098039216 0.524837075471 85% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 752.4 618.680645161 122% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 15.0 9.59856630824 156% => OK
Article: 5.0 3.08781362007 162% => OK
Subordination: 5.0 3.51792114695 142% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.86738351254 107% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.94265232975 142% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.6003584229 126% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 20.1344086022 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 37.0936963336 48.9658058833 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 90.3461538462 100.406767564 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.6153846154 20.6045352989 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.03846153846 5.45110844103 74% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.53405017921 88% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.5376344086 54% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 11.8709677419 118% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.85842293907 104% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.88709677419 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.160710173695 0.236089414692 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0500690891059 0.076458572812 65% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0839582452935 0.0737576698707 114% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.130369415058 0.150856017488 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0691223867071 0.0645574589148 107% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.1 11.7677419355 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 58.1214874552 104% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 10.1575268817 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.46 10.9000537634 87% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.37 8.01818996416 92% => OK
difficult_words: 90.0 86.8835125448 104% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.002688172 80% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.0537634409 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.247311828 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Better to have 5 paragraphs with 3 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: conclusion.
So how to find out those reasons. There is a formula:
reasons == advantages or
reasons == disadvantages
for example, we can always apply 'save time', 'save/make money', 'find a job', 'make friends', 'get more information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.
or we can apply 'waste time', 'waste money', 'no job', 'make bad friends', 'get bad information' as reasons to all essay/speaking topics.
Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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