Changing Curriculum
High school is a very important time in the educational system for most students. It is a time of growth into maturity, both physically and mentally. Students are exposed to a variety of new ideas and new teaching methods. Above all academics, students learn more about interacting with other students and developing their initial adult identity. This is why there are a lot of 'clicks" in high school, and not so much in lower grades, because the students want to have a sense of belonging, so they can be identified by the group they hang out with. High school has many pros and cons that come from classes, extracurricular and social activities. In my experience, there are many different kinds of teachers that use many different teaching styles. The good ones I believe are good because they have passion for the subject, relate it to real life, get students involved, have enjoyable personalities, and explain why topics are relevant and why they need to be taught. One teacher I had that fits this descriptions name is Mr. S. Mr.S Staught me as a junior in economics, and as a senior in government. He was a rough guy because he was a varsity football coach. I always could tell he knew what he was doing. He is the reason I
As it goes, you can not have good without having bad, so now we must discuss the teachers I had more difficulty comprehending, did not have passion for the subject they were assigned, or had more passion for a paycheck than did for the prestige and fulfillment that most people enter the educational field for. These teachers are characterized by their lack of motivation, ingoring the syllabus, and inability to convey the needed information to their pupils constructively. Some of these teachers are just given a subject they don't enjoy, as goes in my first story, or they have been given tenure and just don't really feel the joys of teaching they used to, as in the latter. am currently attempting to get into the business school at O University. Mr. S had a way of conveying the information to us that made it click. Of course I have to attribute this somewhat to a good text and excellent speakers, only the latter of which he chose. He related the subject of economics to me by telling about his own investments and having us read the business section of the newspaper daily. His homework and class work assignments had us deal directly with current economic issues such as when this country first started the recession (when G.W. Bush came into office) and how Alan Greenspan was lowering interest rates to attempt to do what was thought to boost the economy. He also had us play interactive games such as the stock market game and business running type competitive games in groups. This sort of teaching method appealed to me because I enjoyed the teacher, I already have a mind for business, and the tests were very comprehensive. There are classes at every high school that all students love taking because they are too easy. Students take these classes to get an easy A to boost their GPA. Everyone knows these teachers, because word gets out about anything in a matter of seconds in high school. These can be called BS classes or cake classes. But whichever way you put it, they hold little to no academic or intellectually stimulating purpose. They are electives that should either be eliminated or strengthened. So what makes a class not intellectually stimulating or too easy, such as these BS classes? Some of these courses a
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