Choosing Middle School Teachers

Children have very little power. They don’t get to choose their parents. They don’t get to choose their siblings or even where they live. We get told when to go to bed, when to get up, and when to eat. When students reach middle school age, they should be given the power to choose their teachers and classes. This should be done by allowing the students to interview the teacher. The students would be required to choose a couple of teachers in order to avoid one teacher having the majority. This will give students a small amount of power, but it will be meaningful.
If students were given the power to choose their own teachers and classes then school would be more effective. By giving students this power it could raise the grades of the students and create less of a distraction because they would have the teachers that they learn from the best. For 2 years a school in Versailles, Ky., Woodford County High School has been practicing this type of schooling, which is called arena schooling. The school in Versailles states it has been very successful and there is not one teacher that students try to avoid. …show more content…
It was 491 to 518 AD, and I read that during this time he was a good administrator and built up the bank and brought tax relief to the people. Many business people had to pay taxes and they hated doing this, but since he had careful policies, when he died there was still 520,000 pounds of gold in the bank. He could have spent all this money, but he didn’t. This is an example of a leader using his power for good, even though the people did not always agree with his rules. By having the money left when he died it shows me that he was trying to take care of the country and get the finances under control. If students were able to choose their own teachers and classes students would want to go to school and not be forced to