The best curriculum is not one based on a static body of knowledge, but one which teaches students to cope with change. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Plenty of schools and educational institutes worldwide have been teaching obsolete subjects and
concepts to generations. Many would argue that today's schools should focus more on
adaptability than traditional, discrete subjects. In my opinion, although there is a strong
argument for this contention given the disruptive nature of modern industries, it is nonetheless
essential to preserve the traditional role of subjects in a curriculum. This essay shall highlight my
opinion in the upcoming paragraphs.
Those who support this reform contend that the skills needed for the modern work environment
are changing rapidly. Past generations could rely on subjects learned in high school and
university, such as those related to accounting, finance, and so on, providing lasting job security.
This guarantee is less stable now due to advances in automation and technology. For instance,
human workers are being phased out of specific roles and jobs at many companies and replaced
by cheap software as the former cannot update their skills as fast as the latter. Therefore, schools
should teach adaptable methods for handling change to help them cope with an uncertain future
job market.
Logically, most of the subjects, such as math, sciences, history, physical education, etc., will not
yield practical skills used daily throughout life, which is the source of many later complaints about
school curriculum. An excellent example of this would be Steve Jobs's classes about calligraphy
in university, which later informed the lasting design of computer interfaces and word
processors.
In conclusion, despite realistic employment apprehensions, it is indispensable for students to
possess foundational knowledge about various disciplines. Moreover, the contrast between
subject knowledge and flexible skills is not always essential.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
if, moreover, nonetheless, so, therefore, for instance, in conclusion, such as, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 13.1623246493 84% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 7.85571142285 102% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 10.4138276553 86% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 7.30460921844 68% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 15.0 24.0651302605 62% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 41.998997996 81% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1596.0 1615.20841683 99% => OK
No of words: 273.0 315.596192385 87% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.84615384615 5.12529762239 114% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.06481385082 4.20363070211 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.96262051495 2.80592935109 106% => OK
Unique words: 188.0 176.041082164 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.688644688645 0.561755894193 123% => OK
syllable_count: 470.7 506.74238477 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => 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: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.3032825033 49.4020404114 98% => OK
Chars per sentence: 122.769230769 106.682146367 115% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.0 20.7667163134 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.15384615385 7.06120827912 101% => OK
Paragraphs: 20.0 4.38176352705 456% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0843016207936 0.244688304435 34% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0281979962074 0.084324248473 33% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0311969501029 0.0667982634062 47% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0228972300409 0.151304729494 15% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0305318284565 0.056905535591 54% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.6 13.0946893788 127% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 50.2224549098 83% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.65 12.4159519038 134% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.98 8.58950901804 128% => OK
difficult_words: 109.0 78.4519038076 139% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 9.78957915832 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 17.0 10.7795591182 158% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum five paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
if, moreover, nonetheless, so, therefore, for instance, in conclusion, such as, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 13.1623246493 84% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 7.85571142285 102% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 10.4138276553 86% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 7.30460921844 68% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 15.0 24.0651302605 62% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 41.998997996 81% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1596.0 1615.20841683 99% => OK
No of words: 273.0 315.596192385 87% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.84615384615 5.12529762239 114% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.06481385082 4.20363070211 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.96262051495 2.80592935109 106% => OK
Unique words: 188.0 176.041082164 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.688644688645 0.561755894193 123% => OK
syllable_count: 470.7 506.74238477 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.809619238477 124% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => 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: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.3032825033 49.4020404114 98% => OK
Chars per sentence: 122.769230769 106.682146367 115% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.0 20.7667163134 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.15384615385 7.06120827912 101% => OK
Paragraphs: 20.0 4.38176352705 456% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 3.9879759519 100% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 3.4128256513 29% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0843016207936 0.244688304435 34% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0281979962074 0.084324248473 33% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0311969501029 0.0667982634062 47% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0228972300409 0.151304729494 15% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0305318284565 0.056905535591 54% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.6 13.0946893788 127% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 50.2224549098 83% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 16.65 12.4159519038 134% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.98 8.58950901804 128% => OK
difficult_words: 109.0 78.4519038076 139% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 9.78957915832 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 17.0 10.7795591182 158% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum five paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 84.2696629213 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.5 Out of 9
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.