If you could design a curriculum for students your age—that is, the classes they would take in school—what would you design? Seriously.
Would you schedule the usual classes—English, math, science, etc., or would you add other classes that you think are important—or, if not important, classes that would be cool or useful?
How would you make sure that the basic skills were taught? What specifically would you do to make sure that students learned to read, write, and do math and science in a smart and sophisticated way?
What would your day-to-day schedule be? What electives would you add? Would students stay in the school building all day long, either occasionally or for extended periods of time?
What about homework? Would there be more? Less? What would the homework be?
Write about it.
If I could redo the curriculum, it would be a dream come true. First of all, I would change the word “curriculum” to something cuter and easier to say. If I could really do this, it would be a drastic change, and it might take some getting used to, but I think in the overall aftermath it would be more beneficial than the way things are currently. If I had this opportunity to remake the curriculum, middle school would be the exact same, but at the end of middle school, you would take a test that would help you decide what you want to do for the rest of your life. If things started like this, there would be a lot of people that are less confused about their future (like myself). After you took this test and were certain that you made your choice and you are happy with it, you would move on to high school, where you would take courses that were picked to go along with your intended career. For example, if you wanted to become an interior designer, you would take a few math courses, art courses, career planning, business education, and other similar courses that are useful for your future. I think it is silly that everyone has to take the same classes when they will never use it in their life. Math, English, Science, and History would be taught briefly and in a basic manner, but after assessing that your knowledge is sufficient, you could move on to other courses that will help your career.
If I was making the choices, students would come to school at ten. They would leave around 2pm, and they would carry on their day with homework, possibly a job, and taking time for themselves also. I think that by giving students a later time to come in, people would be more awake and there would be less absences and lates.
As far as electives, students would get their choice of electives. If they wanted, they could even take one elective that was out of interest, and maybe might not have anything to do with their career.
Homework. Oh how I hate homework. As much as students and people my age despise homework, it is still something that needs to be given to see if things are applicable when a teacher is not around to spoon feed answers to a student. I would include homework in my curriculum, but it would not include boring research papers and silly worksheets, it would be things that my students could go out into the world and apply to themselves. Instead of giving a problem like y= x + 9yz -123, I would make sure that the information that would be required to do for the homework would always under no exceptions be useful in the future. It is silly that I have things like that as homework, because once I leave Central Regional High School, I will never see those types of problems again. I think that this curriculum change is extreme, but I also think it is something that would help today’s youth.
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