It is better to have broad knowledge of many academic subjects than to specialize in one specific subject.
The claim goes too far as to say that people are better off well-rounded than specializing in one academic field. Although a wider range of expertise may give you a competitive advantage, I dare say that substantive knowledge can save you time and money.
Suffice it to say that having a broad knowledge in many academic subjects can give you flexibility and a competitive edge. Indeed, being an expert in chemistry does not guarantee you a successful business, for instance. You need to hire people, rent a room to work in, do paperwork, and juggle all these things simultaneously. Even the smartest chemist is doomed to fail the enterprise if he cannot communicate with his employees, understand their problems, and assist them as a supervisor.
If you aim for obtaining broad knowledge, you should allot time to all subjects in your curruculum, yet this time investment may not be worth it. There is no way you will use experience in all existing topics in your life. For example, if you want to get a Noble Prize, you do not need to learn mammals’ psychology together with physics. There is no award for “knowing everything", so to win the award, you must focus on a specific field, become great in it, and invent something new. Attempts to embrace a multitude of subjects will always be a waste of time on something you will never need. Therefore, it is sufficient to specialize in one field of study to succeed.
By the same token, the lack of precise focus can be harmful for your budget. To get broad knowledge, you have to buy books, hold experiments, or hire a tutor. All the mentioned activities cost money, and if you try to embrace many subjects, you will have to pay for each of them. It would definitely be better to specialize in one field and spend money on comprehending every aspect of it, instead of trying to take a bite of everything.
Summing up, having a broad knowledge of many academic subjects can be either beneficial or detrimental. For a businessman, understanding all aspects of his company is vital, but for a common scientist dispersing on many subjects is usually a waste of money and time.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 31, Rule ID: A_UNCOUNTABLE[4]
Message: Uncountable nouns are usually not used with an indefinite article. Use simply 'broad knowledge'.
Suggestion: broad knowledge
...d money. Suffice it to say that having a broad knowledge in many academic subjects can give you ...
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Line 3, column 257, Rule ID: NOBLE_PRIZE[1]
Message: Did you mean 'Nobel Prize'?
Suggestion: Nobel Prize
...life. For example, if you want to get a Noble Prize, you do not need to learn mammals’ psyc...
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Message: Unpaired symbol: '”' seems to be missing
...her with physics. There is no award for “knowing everything', so to win the ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, if, may, so, therefore, well, as to, for example, for instance, by the same token
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 15.1003584229 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 9.8082437276 173% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 13.8261648746 87% => OK
Relative clauses : 3.0 11.0286738351 27% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 36.0 43.0788530466 84% => OK
Preposition: 50.0 52.1666666667 96% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 8.0752688172 37% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1766.0 1977.66487455 89% => OK
No of words: 372.0 407.700716846 91% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.74731182796 4.8611393121 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.39173103935 4.48103885553 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.93845117662 2.67179642975 110% => OK
Unique words: 207.0 212.727598566 97% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.556451612903 0.524837075471 106% => OK
syllable_count: 564.3 618.680645161 91% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 9.0 9.59856630824 94% => OK
Article: 2.0 3.08781362007 65% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.51792114695 85% => OK
Conjunction: 7.0 1.86738351254 375% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 4.94265232975 61% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 20.6003584229 87% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 20.1344086022 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 29.4957624075 48.9658058833 60% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.1111111111 100.406767564 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.6666666667 20.6045352989 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.77777777778 5.45110844103 88% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.5376344086 54% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 11.8709677419 76% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 3.85842293907 181% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.88709677419 41% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.265415642743 0.236089414692 112% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0899667227653 0.076458572812 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.108268102098 0.0737576698707 147% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.164798105899 0.150856017488 109% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0673437021743 0.0645574589148 104% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.3 11.7677419355 96% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 58.1214874552 103% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 10.1575268817 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.27 10.9000537634 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.32 8.01818996416 104% => OK
difficult_words: 87.0 86.8835125448 100% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 10.002688172 115% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.0537634409 99% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 10.247311828 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 86.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.0 Out of 30
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