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"Educational institutions should actively encourage their students to choose fields of study that will prepare them for lucrative careers" An educational institution is synonym of a school, college or university. Here the argument given by the author is too generalized to debate on it. Also I do not agree to the point that Education institutions can really influence a student to pursue a subject which will help them to prepare for lucrative careers. Early educational institutions such as elementary and secondary schools have no role to play in deciding the career of a student. The best educational assistance a student can get at this stage is getting acknowledged with the basic concepts of all disciplines like Science, Social Science, Mathematics, History etc. After completion of secondary education, when students go for higher studies, they choose the career path best suited their interests and capabilities. Some students who are very good at Mathematics may choose to go to an Engineering stream, a student good in science can opt to become a doctor or a student fascinated by arts may choose a topic of his interest like History,Political Science,Pshycology etc. When we say a lucrative career, it means the career a student has choose to earn more money with less hardships or a career which offers more money to a specially skilled individuals. E.g professions such as Doctor, Engineer, MBAs can be called as lucrative careers, A career/field which is evergreen and offers hand full of money lifelong. The role of an educational institution to guide a student to take such kind of career is very minimal. It is totally a student's choice or to some extent Parents or elder members of the family can influence a bit to guide a student take up a career which best suited his capabilities and can offer a bright future ahead. Engineering is stream which offers diversified fields like chemical, mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Computer Science etc. With respect to time different engineering field had good career options based on industry demands. Once upon a time when Mechanical, Civil and Electrical fields were supposed to be the best and many meritorious students used to give these fields utmost importance. However in 21st century it is different. IT job is considered to be the most lucrative engineering job. So if an educational institution offers only computer science or encourage all engineering students to take up an IT career, than at some point of time there will be sure shortages of engineers in other field. Choosing career or job should be the choice of student than anyone else. Based on his strength a student should judiciously choose his path which can give him bright future and money. Also it is not always true that all students taking a lucrative career can be successful at the same rate. Earning more money does not necessarily mean that a person should be highly qualified.A person born to an affluent family irrespective of his education is blessed with wealth and capital which he can invest and become a successful business man. A person can earn money without much education also by sheer intelligence power. Lt. DhiruBhai Ambani was epitome of this ideology. Indian cricket master Sachin Tendulkar a undergraduate is one of the wealthiest person in India. A film star earn much more money than a contemporary dignified person from an esteemed institutes. Even though brand name of an educational institutions matters at initial stage, but ultimately the dynamism and capability of a person which earns him good money. E.g In India some esteemed organisations like NIT,IIT, IIM give job opportunity to the student by inviting big firm from all over the world to take the talents from their institutions. But not a single corporate firm blindly take a student without doing thorough assessment and interview of the candidate So students from good educational institutes compared to other universities get wider opportunity but what matters to prosper in that field and earn good money is on individual's performance. In sum I would like to say that even though educational institution can encourage a student to choose a lucrative career, ultimately it is personal drive and hard work which would enable a person to earn good money. A lucrative career does not essentially earn lucrative money.

Excellent Introduction, and good examples only just need few re-arrangements (Bring the negative point down)as suggested above, however end is not as strong as the introduction. Overall it is a great attempt. Kindly review mine too and please provide tips.

In any country national curriculums are designed by a group of experienced educationists under the guidance of Ministry of Education. The main idea of any national curriculum is to impart the best education which can groom students a better individual who can serve his/her country better. By mandating the same national curriculum to all students in a nation, we are definitely trying to induce the same nationality spirit in the youngsters. There are significant advantages in implementing this idea, as a student's merit can always be gauged with respect to the whole country. Always a student will be well aware of where does he stand in a nation as a whole. The objectives and mindsets of all students will be same and hence the goal will be one. So as a whole with same mindset and goal, they can serve the nation better. Even though advantages can be seen clearly, I could also see difficulties of how to execute it in a country like India. India apart from being the second most populous country in the world, it is also famous for having diversified culture, religion and language. In those circumstances, designing a standardised national level curriculum itself will be a big challenge, as different people speak different languages and culture varies from region to region. Also to enforce the same national curriculum across the country, Government should first attempt to bear most of the education cost for all nationalised schools which are maintaining national curriculum. If Education in a nationalised school could be made free of cost for a student from below average income, then it will open the door for many poor children, for whom right now it is rather a dream to take admission in a nationalised school because of the high education fees. Best teachers should be employed by the Government with more attractive remuneration packages because teachers are always key factor for the success of any educational institution. The number of nationalised schools should be increased than the present numbers, so that each child from any corner of India will have access to it and last but not the least, English should be considered as the first language, as English is global accepted language and a person good English has always great advantage. We have seen the advantage of having national curriculum in country like Singapore, where Ministry of Education play a major role in designing a standardised national curriculum which is as par any developed country which are taught in all local schools. Singapore local schools are the one amongst the best in world. Government invests a huge sum of money towards education. With an affordable education fees all Singaporeans never give a second thought to join anywhere than joining a local school. The advantage can be seen very clearly that students from Singapore local schools are one amongst the brightest students in the world. They are the most disciplined and structured and surely, they have greater national feelings and obligation to work for the betterment of the Singapore Government, because Of Government endless support for their grooming by providing the best education. So at the end, I would like to say that if all students in a country study the same national curriculum during their early stage, they definitely grow into an individual who aim to serve the country better and to have that Government has to play a major role and should invest more money towards Education to build up a strong young generation with great national feeling for better future of the country.

Hi everyone: I have joined this forum in a motive to enhance my analytical writing skills for my GRE preparation which I am due to give this October End.I would like to get an update from all GRE aspirants on revised GRE test question pattern types, tips to prepare better to score more, feedback from already appeared participants, Info on best GRE materials for enhancing verbal skill sets. I hope I will get all such inputs being part of this esteemed forum. Thank you so much in advance. -Bimala