If Students Designed the School

After I watched this video, I thought about it. This idea was very great in many ways. For one, the students get a lot of freedom, since at an older age, you don’t want to be very restricted. But with this idea, the student is in charge of his own learning and almost has no restrictions, but they must also demonstrate their learning, and will be graded on what they decide to learn. Also, it’s up to them on what they want to learn. This is really great because the students really get to discover what they love to do, and may want to pursue that career in the future. This idea also kills the stress that you normally get from regular high school with all your tests and such, since in this program, they rely on peer pressure to help push and motivate the students.This type of program is very good since it covers all the factors of learning, makes school enjoyable, and you can socialize and show what you’ve learned for the week.

      But this may also be quite a bad idea since some students in that high school may just slack off and just not try. Maybe peer pressure is really nothing to them, and not really care about their education. Also, some people might actually need a lot of guidance and help like a regular high school. Also, what would happen if you’re mind goes blank? You don’t know what you’d want to do. Maybe you’ll just sit there for an hour trying to figure out what to do. It’d be pretty much a waste of the school’s and the student’s time.

     If this actually manages to work, I think it’d be a very great way for education. The reason being is because students always school so boring and all that, but if we actually make school enjoyable to them, then education will be much more successful since they’d be looking forward into school. If student like what they’re learning, that’d raise their potential level in that certain area, and most likely pursue and heighten their learning on it. Also, the students have to rely on each other for motivation, so you can have your friends involved with your learning too.

    The only question I have for this is; how are you actually going to pull this off? This idea would take major teamwork and cooperation. For the teachers; can you trust the students enough for them to run the school? If they manage to resolve my questions, there is a high chance that this would be a great idea for the school and the students.