It is often said that the subjects taught in schools are too academic in orientation and that it would be more useful for children to learn about practical matters such as home management, work and intepersonal skills.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Whether academic subjects or practical matters should be taught in schools remains a question of heated debate. In this modern society, it is usually thought that subjects taught in schools are too academic in orientation and that only practical matters such as home management, work and intepersonal skills should be involved in the school curriculum. I strongly disagree with this idea for a number of reasons.
First of all, academic subjects can increase subject-specific knowledge and stimulate crucial thinking; therefore, children can tackle problems that may arise with better solutions. In addition, academic subjects can expand career prospects. Those who gain academic achievements are usually seen by employers as hard-working and self-discipline, so they usually get an advantage over other candidates when applying for the same job.
Secondly, academic subjects can provide competent knowledge for students to make great innovations in later life. From scientific discoveries to technological advances, all these breakthroughs are based on academic knowledge. Home management, work and intepersonal skills, on the other hand, can provide students with down-to-earth experiences but cannot contribute much to the development of the society as academic subjects.
Last but not least, it is the responsibility of parents to equip their children with practical matters but not teachers and school administrators. The home, not the classroom, is an ideal place to learn practical skills as children are under supervision and get help from an experienced adult. In addition, if all the onus for providing children with practical knowledge is put down to schools and teachers, what are the roles of parents in this society?
In conclusion, academic subjects can contribute to students’ success and the benefits of the society, so the idea of teaching only practical matters in the classroom should be abolished. On the contrary, the school curriculum should focus more on academic subjects so that students can have a brighter future door.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, if, may, second, secondly, so, therefore, in addition, in conclusion, such as, first of all, on the contrary, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 13.1623246493 91% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 7.85571142285 165% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 10.4138276553 125% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 7.30460921844 82% => OK
Pronoun: 14.0 24.0651302605 58% => OK
Preposition: 43.0 41.998997996 102% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1743.0 1615.20841683 108% => OK
No of words: 312.0 315.596192385 99% => OK
Chars per words: 5.58653846154 5.12529762239 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.20279927342 4.20363070211 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.1230500162 2.80592935109 111% => OK
Unique words: 166.0 176.041082164 94% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.532051282051 0.561755894193 95% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 525.6 506.74238477 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.76152304609 147% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 16.0721442886 87% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 50.6380211271 49.4020404114 103% => OK
Chars per sentence: 124.5 106.682146367 117% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.2857142857 20.7667163134 107% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.92857142857 7.06120827912 141% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 11.0 8.67935871743 127% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.317770844339 0.244688304435 130% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.115118596313 0.084324248473 137% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0833340340959 0.0667982634062 125% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.180498811558 0.151304729494 119% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0920121930406 0.056905535591 162% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.0 13.0946893788 122% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 50.2224549098 81% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 11.3001002004 116% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.44 12.4159519038 124% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.98 8.58950901804 105% => OK
difficult_words: 84.0 78.4519038076 107% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.78957915832 123% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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