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Many students feel that courses they are taking in high school are not relevant to the field of study they would eventualy major in at a higher level of education.
Should a student who hopes to major in journalism be forced to take classes such as chemistry, physics and calculus in order to graduate? Should a student who hopes to major in biochemistry be told he must take three years of Spanish and four years of English in order to get his diploma?
Instead of putting the focus on what really matters, preparing students for the real world and life after high school, students are required to take that take up their effort and time. And as any high school student knows, it is hard to make time for hours of homework while trying to balance their health, a job and sports.
The problem with our current education system is that students are spending too much time in classes that will get them nowhere and not enough time in classes that will actually help them in life and their careers.
Students should be able to choose their own classes because it would prepare them better for the real world. Students would have more motivation to learn and come to school if they were given the opportunity to choose their own classes instead of being required to take certain classes in order to graduate.
When students have the ability to choose what they would like to learn about, it makes them more eager to engage with the material.
"Real learning thrives when students have real choices," says Huffington Post columnist Blake Boles. "Give high school students the same freedom as college students, and we'll take education a step in the right direction."
Students only want to take courses that would help them later on in life. Very rarely do students feel they need to take advanced chemistry or calculus because it is going to help them in real-life situations. Most students only want to take courses that will prepare them for the real world. When high schools offer courses like personal finance, public speaking or independent living, students are more willing to take these classes because they know what they take away from these classes will actually help them later on in life. When the students can apply their knowledge learned in high school classes to their real life, that is a successful outcome.
Students have different minds with different interests, and it's unfair to "universalize" the courses that every student at a school has to take. If a student does well in and has a passion for English courses but struggles in math and science courses, that student should have the freedom to take more literature so he or she can thrive and learn about a subject that he or she loves.
Too many students are failing classes that they should never had to take in the first place.
Shannon Knight is a student at Mansfield High School.