Choosing classes in high school is never an easy task. When looking through the course book, students must read very carefully. Even when looking extremely well, many students still have a lot of questions to be answered, but aren’t sure either who or how to ask. In some cases the homeroom teacher of the students seems almost incompetent and is no help at all. That is, even if a student is able to find the course book on the school website.
I believe more time should be spent during the school day to inform more students of what seem to me to be necessary classes for life. When I was choosing my classes for senior year, I had an extremely tough time finding classes to fill my schedule, and that I thought would be beneficial for the future, not to mention in the small time frame I was given.
Many students, including myself, aren’t aware of electives that will give them life skills. Some of those electives include an independent study course, some childcare courses, certain agriculture courses that would benefit everyone, and even metal/wood working courses that would be good skills to know for the future. We have the four main area of courses, math, science, English, and social studies shoved down are throats and by the time we figure out which classes we want to take in those categories, we’re left with very little time to look through the course book to decide on electives. Many students, especially seniors, simply try to fill their schedules up. It’s exceedingly difficult to pick courses you haven’t already taken in the past, but we’re all expected to figure it out.
I think students should be looking at the course book ahead of time, pick out classes that sound interesting to them, and ask the counselors about those courses. Teachers and counselors, however, should also help students to make those difficult decisions by showing where the course book is earlier, explaining courses that my be confusingly written, and talking with the students to get a better understanding of what path they want to take in the future.
I believe more time should be spent during the school day to inform more students of what seem to me to be necessary classes for life. When I was choosing my classes for senior year, I had an extremely tough time finding classes to fill my schedule, and that I thought would be beneficial for the future, not to mention in the small time frame I was given.
Many students, including myself, aren’t aware of electives that will give them life skills. Some of those electives include an independent study course, some childcare courses, certain agriculture courses that would benefit everyone, and even metal/wood working courses that would be good skills to know for the future. We have the four main area of courses, math, science, English, and social studies shoved down are throats and by the time we figure out which classes we want to take in those categories, we’re left with very little time to look through the course book to decide on electives. Many students, especially seniors, simply try to fill their schedules up. It’s exceedingly difficult to pick courses you haven’t already taken in the past, but we’re all expected to figure it out.
I think students should be looking at the course book ahead of time, pick out classes that sound interesting to them, and ask the counselors about those courses. Teachers and counselors, however, should also help students to make those difficult decisions by showing where the course book is earlier, explaining courses that my be confusingly written, and talking with the students to get a better understanding of what path they want to take in the future.