A leader has certain traits and characteristics that influences people to listen and follow him.

He often has
innovative practices and plays against the norms. These skillsets are specific to a few, and everyone in a
society cannot be a leader. A manager , however, is a person who is trained to function in a particular way
and excels at performing that task effectively. Any society or organization would have a few leaders
which would get the work done by several managers.

A society would benefit if its young people grow up to be in harmony. Cooperation with peers and
everyone being in sync with each other does show signs of a healthy and friendly society. Competion,
however, would divide the society and create tensions which might have negative implications to the
society. Having said that, competition also brings with it certain positive effects.

Competition produces positive results as long as it is seen as self motivating factor to excel furthur. It
depends on the frame of reference. For example, within a society competition can be beneficial to leaders
as the people will have a benchmark. A leader can get his job done from a person by either exploiting his
greed,punishing him or by dividing and ruling. Also, leader must have competion with his horizontal
counterparts so that he can develop his organization or society further. Hence, healthy competition is good
and must be developed.

Arg

The author claims that a new type of millet rich in Vitamin A should be promoted in Tagus, a nation
whose people have Vitamin A deficiency. While the argument may seem convincing at first, on a closer
look it rife with holes and assumptions.

Firstly, the author does not mention about any proven results of the new engineered millet. Before the
government takes a big decision of promoting the millet, a good representative sample of the population
should show good results, under the similar circumstances. Other factors and causes contributing to the
Vitamin's deficiency should be determined.

Secondly, the author readily assumes that the new variety of millet would be easy to adopt. Millet being
the staple food in Tagus, only adds more pressure for the new engineered breed to be of similar taste and
texture, otherwise the shift would be difficult.

Lastly, since Tagus is an impoverished nation, the cost of subsidies for the farmers should be determined.
The number of people with the the Vitamins deficiency and the extent of deficiency and its impacts
should be known. If the country has only a fraction of people with the deficiency that does not hinder
their daily operations, then a second thought must be given to the issue. Also, the underlying cause of the
deficiency may be determined and obliterated as a more cost effective way to deal with the deficiency
among population of Tagus.
In conclusion, the argument is flawed for the above mentioned points. It could have been strengthened if
the author had clearly mentioned all the relevant facts. Unless, conclusive results are not considered, the
argument remains unsubstantiated and is open to debate.

ISSUE

The issue of whether a nation should have all its students studying the same national curriculum
until college is a contentious one. While each side has its strength and weaknesses, I personally
believe that different school curriculums should coexist.

Each state has its own distinct cultures and other local differences which should remain intact. For
example, India has 29 states that are formed basically on the linguistic and cultural differences of
each state. Many local school curriculums have subjects of the local language or they vary in
syllabus due to their local board of education. Thus each state has schools of different academic
boards which gives parents and students a choice to study in whichever school as per their
suitability.

Schools along with academic knowledge also influence morals, values and ethics in students. A child
is shaped by the experiences throughout his school life. While the broad scope of school curriculum
is the same, a nation must not tamper with the fine details of regional curriculums. In college,
however, a more common curriculum exists for a praticular branch of study. For instance, regional
languages in some school curriculums may not be of significance after the student enters college,
but it is a significant aspect of his cultural uniqueness.

Some may argue that having a more unified school syllabus gives all students a similiar platform
while entering college. This argument is however undermined by the fact that school curriculums
are not different form state to state in its entireity. For example, While subjects of Regional history
and World History may differ in school curriculums, it wont affect a students competency on
joining an Engineering university.

In conclusion, having the same school syllabus reduces creativity and impacts regional differences.
For these reasons, a nation should not have all its students study the same national school
curriculum.