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before i go back to reading for AP and taking notes... I just want to type some stuff out.
Today I was thinking about stuff that I'm sure everyone thinks about at some point in time. I was just sitting in math lab doodling on my notebook, and making sculptures out of a silver gum wrapper, when it hit me. Why do I still have to be here? I've outgrown any usefulness highschool ever had. Let's take a look at my schedule. English? I already know how to read and write. We just read Huck Finn. Ok yeah, written by Mark Twain... but I'd rather be reading something a little more challenging. I've already shown the state I can pass their standardized piece of shit english exam with a 99. Yet I still have to sit through a class with no value? I'll read the books, I'll take the quizzes. But sitting there isn't teaching me jack squat. AP History? AP my ass, it's still full of standards. There is never time to discuss, it is always rush rush rush through the next thing. Tefft tries to make it as hands on as possible, but at the same time it's all we can do to finish everything at the end of the year. Standards dumb down the smart kids. We discuss, but we don't discuss enough. Avanced Algebra/Trig. Why??? What use will I have for finding the cosine of angle 45? the tangent of angle 30? I won't. Proofs? Unless I someday grow up to be an advanced algebra/trig teacher, nowhere! Yet we still have to take it? Seems like a bogus way to teach things. Spanish. Now there, my friends... is a useful class. I don't have any complaints about taking Spanish. None except that our new long term sub's worse than most of the kids in our 11th grade spanish class at spanish. No matter. Rock on to Chorus and Photography. These are classes I opt to take. In photography I have learned: Chemistry, English and Math. So can I just combine those for a hands on credit? Of course not. Gotta stick with the curriculum shiz. Oh ok, here we go. Gym. Now, I used to think... why force the kids who don't like sports to do sports? I kind of think this way, except now I think we should have kids elect to take certain types of gym. Like let's say I wanted to take a "soccer" elective. I'd be in varsity soccer AND play soccer during school! Kids who aren't particularly athletic could take something like Ping Pong. Our school has all this equipment anyway, why not just spread it out? Oh last but not least. The science courses! Earth Science, Chemistry, Biology. Our school also offers Astronomy, AP Biology, Environmental and Physics. Now... instead of REQUIRING us to take ES, Chem and Bio, why couldn't we CHOOSE the three courses we wanted to take? For instance, I would take something like Astronomy, Environmental and Physics. Rock on, right?
I say screw standards and let there be choice.
Today I was thinking about stuff that I'm sure everyone thinks about at some point in time. I was just sitting in math lab doodling on my notebook, and making sculptures out of a silver gum wrapper, when it hit me. Why do I still have to be here? I've outgrown any usefulness highschool ever had. Let's take a look at my schedule. English? I already know how to read and write. We just read Huck Finn. Ok yeah, written by Mark Twain... but I'd rather be reading something a little more challenging. I've already shown the state I can pass their standardized piece of shit english exam with a 99. Yet I still have to sit through a class with no value? I'll read the books, I'll take the quizzes. But sitting there isn't teaching me jack squat. AP History? AP my ass, it's still full of standards. There is never time to discuss, it is always rush rush rush through the next thing. Tefft tries to make it as hands on as possible, but at the same time it's all we can do to finish everything at the end of the year. Standards dumb down the smart kids. We discuss, but we don't discuss enough. Avanced Algebra/Trig. Why??? What use will I have for finding the cosine of angle 45? the tangent of angle 30? I won't. Proofs? Unless I someday grow up to be an advanced algebra/trig teacher, nowhere! Yet we still have to take it? Seems like a bogus way to teach things. Spanish. Now there, my friends... is a useful class. I don't have any complaints about taking Spanish. None except that our new long term sub's worse than most of the kids in our 11th grade spanish class at spanish. No matter. Rock on to Chorus and Photography. These are classes I opt to take. In photography I have learned: Chemistry, English and Math. So can I just combine those for a hands on credit? Of course not. Gotta stick with the curriculum shiz. Oh ok, here we go. Gym. Now, I used to think... why force the kids who don't like sports to do sports? I kind of think this way, except now I think we should have kids elect to take certain types of gym. Like let's say I wanted to take a "soccer" elective. I'd be in varsity soccer AND play soccer during school! Kids who aren't particularly athletic could take something like Ping Pong. Our school has all this equipment anyway, why not just spread it out? Oh last but not least. The science courses! Earth Science, Chemistry, Biology. Our school also offers Astronomy, AP Biology, Environmental and Physics. Now... instead of REQUIRING us to take ES, Chem and Bio, why couldn't we CHOOSE the three courses we wanted to take? For instance, I would take something like Astronomy, Environmental and Physics. Rock on, right?
I say screw standards and let there be choice.