Almost everyone can agree that at one point in highschool there sitting in class and wonder "why am I learning this?" when am I ever going to use this in my future? and I can agree. I believe that there should be classes in highschool that are for what you want to persue when your older. For the most part you have an idea of what you want to be when your older. What you want to do and let's just say you want to go into a carrer that has not one thing to do with american history. why have to take a history class? If you have no interst in it what so every you should not be expected to take that course. If students got to take classes they were interested in maybe they would be more willing to be in that class participate and but their best effort into that class. Me personally if something doesn't interest me I don't pay attention. I'll tell you now there are a couple of classes that i think that I could have lived without. I just think that highschool should be like a prep for college to really start to persue what we want to do and not have to go through the pointless classes that students have no interest in. Bottom line, you should go to the classes that benifit you that interest you now what your required to take to be able to get your diploma at the end of your senior year.. highschool classes should be more about you!
Kylie,
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting issue to take a close look at. Without boring you into the history of American education, there are a lot of reasons that our high schools look the way they do today in terms of classes, graduation requirements, etc.
Having spent some time in European schools (namely in England) they do something that is similar to what you're discussing. The difference, though, is you have minimal control over what classes you end up in. Instead, you take a test that determines if you'll go to a trade school, a 2-year college, or a 4-year college. Based on where you're headed determines what kind of classes you'll take. It's an interesting system, though just like ours it has some pros and cons.
The one thing I want to challenge you on is what about kids that don't know what they want to do when they grow up? Or people who THINK they know, but later on end up totally changing their mind? If a student is set on being a doctor or scientist and doesn't take any classes other than science classes, what happens when they get to college and realize they really want to study English or Psychology? They don't have the basic skills because they ignored them in high school. The foundation of the high school curriculum is to expose students to a wide variety topics and subjects as that is what might spark a passion for a particular skill, subject, job, etc.
So much for keeping that short...