feb. 20

my ideal curriculum would be one where 1) nearly everything taught is guaranteed to help us later in life and 2) we are able to choose the courses we take in order to build onto what we want to do (like college). i find that a lot of things i learn in school won't help me in life - my brother graduated from college and confirmed that this is true. for me, because i plan to major in psychology, i would need to take more courses revolving around that one topic, but also taking basic general education classes. my ideal schedule would probably include a statistics class, english, and multiple different types of psychology courses.

for me personally, i feel like i learn better when i'm not being lectured. i'd rather do something hands on or learn visually, with few reference notes. open class discussions are also very useful, as you get to hear everyone's opinions. i wouldn't mind too much homework. the only think i would change is the actual content of the homework. right now, most of the stuff i'm getting is just busy work and doesn't actually help me learn. the last thing i would change is standardized testing - aka a way of measuring someones level of intelligence on how well they can fill in an oval. tests should be more in context rather than just reiterating words and phrases (for example, vocabulary - instead of asking what something means, make the student correctly use it in a phrase or sentence). 

overall, my ideal method is very, very different than how school is right now.