The other day as I was dozing off in my first hour chemistry class yet again, I thought to myself, “why am I in this class if I have absolutely no desire to learn about science in the world?” America’s modern day education system is broken; it lacks true freedom. No teenager wants to be stuck in a classroom being forced to memorize pointless facts about a subject that will take them nowhere with their desired career. The main idea of our education system is that kids should be able to choose what they learn in order to work toward their dream job. Today, however, students have been stripped of their educational freedom and stuck in many classes they have absolutely no interest in. An ideal education system in our country would consist of a
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At Hamilton High School, a student needs a total of 22 course credits over their four years of enrollment, 16.5 of which are required classes, leaving a mere 5.5 elective credits. Students are being told they have the free choice to take the classes they want and work hard towards their future career, yet 75 percent of the courses they enroll in aren’t optional. Every child should have the opportunity to sign up for the classes they actually want to take rather than over half their yearly schedule being overrun by unnecessary courses. Granted, it’s important to be able to read and write properly, but most high school students will not go on in life and require to know how to solve a quadratic equation. If course requirements were scaled back, there is definitely the possibility of some student’s completely avoiding the strenuous classes and only enrolling in the easy-going, laid-back ones. In that case, however schools would just “have to create more engaging classes and scale down our vision of a required curriculum” (Boles). School’s could easily alter their standards if it means pleasing their student body. However, they find it would be too much work, and they figure “why change what already works?” Educators need to realize that students are far from happy with a forced education, and the ability to truly choose their high school courses would go a long way in both their careers and their attitudes toward
At Hamilton High School, a student needs a total of 22 course credits over their four years of enrollment, 16.5 of which are required classes, leaving a mere 5.5 elective credits. Students are being told they have the free choice to take the classes they want and work hard towards their future career, yet 75 percent of the courses they enroll in aren’t optional. Every child should have the opportunity to sign up for the classes they actually want to take rather than over half their yearly schedule being overrun by unnecessary courses. Granted, it’s important to be able to read and write properly, but most high school students will not go on in life and require to know how to solve a quadratic equation. If course requirements were scaled back, there is definitely the possibility of some student’s completely avoiding the strenuous classes and only enrolling in the easy-going, laid-back ones. In that case, however schools would just “have to create more engaging classes and scale down our vision of a required curriculum” (Boles). School’s could easily alter their standards if it means pleasing their student body. However, they find it would be too much work, and they figure “why change what already works?” Educators need to realize that students are far from happy with a forced education, and the ability to truly choose their high school courses would go a long way in both their careers and their attitudes toward