Rocky Mountain School Electives

Why should Rocky Mountain School have more electives? Here are the reasons why, benefits of more electives, and examples.
Students will benefit through this because they will have a higher chance at a job, most employers prefer or look for students that have a much broader education or much diverse educational background. An additional benefit for students will be, it might be the deciding factor for their career in life, which can be a huge deciding factor later on in life. One more reason why students could benefit from electives that they may learn some life skills. Examples of life skills are sewing or cooking. The ability to cook or sew can be useful for little things, a small hole in a shirt you can sew it back and cooking food can be useful and knowing what temperature they need to be cooked at, so they have a less chance of being raw and having the chance at a foodborne illness such as salmonella. I know we have those classes, but a class like life skills or a camping elective could be …show more content…
A few reasons why more electives may be a terrible idea, students could possibly be more distracted than focused in the elective, having too many elective teachers could cost a lot more money, and finally some electives are not essential to have in life, so you could probably fund the core classes to make them better instead of getting more electives. An example of students being distracted is that they joined an elective just to chat with their friends which normally happens in most cases or they don’t care enough to get their work done and play on their phones. One more example of why some electives are not necessary in life, Spanish for example is it important if I learn another language; not really it only helps if I plan on going to foreign areas that speak Spanish. The same thing can be applied to all electives that teach a specific language. Those are some reasons why electives could be potentially a terrible