What Would I Change About The School System?

I am going to start out by apologizing because this is going to be long. But I believe everything I say is worthy of saying so I hope you don’t just give up and stop reading. I am a person that doesn’t particularly like school. Something about being stuck in a classroom for seven hours and force fed facts I don’t always want to learn just has me counting down the days till summer. So are there things I would change about the school system? Yes. Is there an aspect I wouldn’t change about the school system? Honestly, the only thing I wouldn’t change is the music trips we go on. There are so beneficial and so much fun and they are honestly the only thing I look forward to about school. We get the chance to be a part of a music group and travel …show more content…
That’s a heavy question. First of all, our school has a lot of ridiculous and unnecessary policies that hinder my education. Now this isn’t a battle of the dress code, but if you are going to make me sit in the office and miss class because my jacket says Newport Beach instead of WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL with a quote and pictures then that hinders my education some. But like I said, this isn’t a dress code battle. One of the other main issues I have with GCA is the fact that we don’t get to choose our own classes. Now I know that this school is preparing us for college but if I decide to go in a music, art, drama, or even a culinary career then I don’t believe I’ll get very far with this school’s help. Our school is an educational school so if you go here you are presumed you will go into most likely a science or medical career. Well news flash, that’s not everybody. I sitting here forced to take Physics when I know that whatever career path I choose will NOT have physics in it. We are also all told to take honors and AP courses. That’s fine, I get this is a rigorous school and if you want normal classes go somewhere else. But they just pile all the honors and AP courses on top of each other and each teacher assumes since their class is an AP class it’s most important except NEW FLASH they are all AP courses and now we have to pick and choose which classes to focus on. (Especially when the teachers don’t coordinate and we have multiple tests on …show more content…
People think that if they give children the choice of art or math of course they will choose art but that’s not true. There are people out there who love math, am I one of them? No. And that’s okay. I shouldn’t be subconsciously pushed into these careers. It shouldn’t be socially looked down upon to get an art or music major. Our whole lives shouldn’t be judged by a grade! TESTS DON’T DEFINE WHO WE ARE! The ultimate school: freedom of expression, freedom to choose what you learn, and teachers coordinate with each other so that tests aren’t on the same day. Ultimately, the school should cater to the student to help them be who thy want to be. We shouldn’t have to change and break ourselves trying to bend over backwards for schools. Homework could be gauged for each student. For example, if you really understood what was going on in class then just a little bit of homework to reinforce the idea. If you didn’t quite understand then you’d have more homework to hopefully help you understand. School ultimately, should be catered to help you in life, not help you pass some test you might not even truly care about. School today just stresses students out and make them miserable and only makes them fear the rest of their life. I know this was