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Education systems often frustrate many. Students, parents, and teachers alike wonder how to fix what has long been touted as “one size fits all.” Unfortunately, this approach rarely fits many at all. Schools try everything, from academic and interest-based magnet programs to making sure everyone graduates high school ready for college and beyond. Sure, this works for some, but what about the great many who feel more lost than ever by the end of high school?
Sometimes, a school hears that a prospective student may want to follow into a given career path. What happens when that student tries it but finds it doesn’t fit his or her personality? What about those with many interests and no clear pathways? Can the school system help these students, who likely comprise more of the population than many realize? Middle and high schools can join together to help students learn about themselves. Self-knowledge will lead people into better choices for what jobs can suit them as they grow up. Middle schools in particular need to offer more exploratory courses and volunteer opportunities. More exposure to different fields within each academic, practical, and artistic discipline will demonstrate various fields of study and occupation. Teaching some courses in a more interdisciplinary way will give youngsters and idea of how many college courses are presented as they prepare for the higher education. Linking club activities, such as school announcements and drama productions, to classroom activities will also supplement the school experience and show how disciplines interact in the real world. High school can keep the academy system but needs to allow flexibility. If a student begins in one program, then does a project in another class showing a new ability, both need exploration. Allow for double major type situations as at college when appropriate. Otherwise, let the student try a few introductory classes of various disciplines before trying to choose one. Let go of the old model of required classes, unless they feed into the student’s interests or a given academy program. In particular, any classes focusing on communications or human relations models can tailor to any other program. This makes these courses necessary in today’s world, where so many people find communicating with others difficult to impossible. In English, for example, not everyone will go on to study literature later. Therefore, let the non-literary student learn about how to write in business, science, or a journalistic or advertising fashion. Teach the more artistic ones how to combine skills in music, visual design, dance, and theatre, then show them how many ways they can apply the skills in the arts or other aspects of life. In these ways, schools can create more marketable citizens. This will serve both students and the world later by helping younger folks see different ways they can function after school. They will be more effective students at college, with less chances of switching majors in the hunt for their life’s purpose. It will filter through all levels of academia between middle and high school, helping some decide to go straight to the workforce and providing skills to do so while others take higher education. After all, doesn’t the world need such citizens at all levels of society?
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