In order to become well-rounded individuals, all college students should be required to take courses in which they read poetry, novels, mythology, and other types of imaginative literature.
In college education, we are often allowed to freely choose courses we are interested in to participate. One of the reasons colleges aim to provide a wide variety of courses ranging from science to arts is because one of the goals of college education is to encourage students to become well-rounded individuals. Nevertheless, I do not think all college students should be required to take courses in which they read poetry, novels, mythology, and other types of imaginative literature. Since students often select courses based on their interests and career prospects, colleges should not require students to enroll in certain courses. However, colleges can recommend these courses to students since imaginative literature sure has certain merits regarding the mental development of individuals.
Reasons why students enroll in colleges can differ greatly. Some are unsure about their future and hopes to broaden their horizons and explore different possibilities in colleges. For these students, courses about imaginative literature might help them get a glimpse about the world of writing and arts and can help them decide their careers and interests. On the other hand, some students are already certain about what they want to pursue and choose to dedicate themselves to a certain field. Requiring these students to enroll in courses where they read imaginative literature can greatly hamper their career development. For example, students who devote themselves to physics might want to spend more time learning about advanced knowledge and conduct research in science labs, rather them spend time reading novels and poetries.
Furthermore, colleges should also acknowledge the fact that students have different opinions towards imaginative literature. There are students who are mesmerized by the fanciful world of fiction and is greatly interested in exploring mythology. Conversely, there are students who is generally indifferent and apathetic towards imaginative literature and simply cannot feel the draw. Forcing them to enroll in such courses will only diminish their motive to even go to college and professors would also be wasting their time and resources on students who are not interested. Rather than requiring all students to enroll in these courses, colleges should spend their budgets on improving the quality of courses such as inviting famous fiction authors and conduct literature workshops, all of which students who are genuinely interested in imaginative literature will appreciate.
However, reading imaginative literature has its merits. It helps us cultivate imagination and observe the world in a different perspective. For example, mythology often links natural phenomenons and moral lessons together and we can certainly learn from this. Hence, rather than requiring all students to enroll in these courses, colleges can recommend these courses and encourage students to enroll, letting the students choose for themselves.
In conclusion, I think though imaginative literature has some benefits that aid students in becoming well-rounded individuals, colleges should not overlook the discrepancies among students and force them to enroll in these courses. Milder measures such as course recommendation and encouragement can be conducted to achieve similar results.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, conversely, furthermore, hence, however, if, look, nevertheless, regarding, so, well, for example, i think, in conclusion, of course, such as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 19.5258426966 82% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 18.0 12.4196629213 145% => OK
Conjunction : 22.0 14.8657303371 148% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 37.0 33.0505617978 112% => OK
Preposition: 68.0 58.6224719101 116% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2816.0 2235.4752809 126% => OK
No of words: 495.0 442.535393258 112% => OK
Chars per words: 5.68888888889 5.05705443957 112% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.71684168287 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.88976464793 2.79657885939 103% => OK
Unique words: 226.0 215.323595506 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.456565656566 0.4932671777 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 894.6 704.065955056 127% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 6.24550561798 64% => OK
Article: 0.0 4.99550561798 0% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 23.0359550562 96% => OK
Sentence length SD: 56.4516175496 60.3974514979 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 128.0 118.986275619 108% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.5 23.4991977007 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.54545454545 5.21951772744 145% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 10.2758426966 156% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 5.13820224719 39% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.398779918861 0.243740707755 164% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.127884491182 0.0831039109588 154% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.101371792903 0.0758088955206 134% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.246805643646 0.150359130593 164% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0867116941135 0.0667264976115 130% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.6 14.1392134831 117% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 32.22 48.8420337079 66% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 12.1743820225 117% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.02 12.1639044944 132% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.68 8.38706741573 103% => OK
difficult_words: 124.0 100.480337079 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 11.8971910112 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 11.2143820225 96% => OK
text_standard: 17.0 11.7820224719 144% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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