My Curriculum

First off if I could design a curriculum for students who are my age, that would be pretty cool. I think that all high school students need to take the basic subjects that are involved in school. This includes mathematics, english, science, history and gym. These five subjects you will need in your life even after high school, so they should be considered the top priority and must be taught. Now after these five subjects, what's next? Well in my opinion, you should have to take a class that includes hands on activity because this also will help you in the future. This includes classes like wood shop, photography class, art, and graphic arts. These classes are fun and also teach you a different way to learn.
     Classes are broken down into advanced placement, honors, A track and B track. I agree and say that it should remain that way. But all of these tracks of classes need to be consistent and make sure they cover the basic skills of learning. For english classes, they need to make sure that they read a great deal of books and have quizzes and tests on it so they can keep reading and improve. Also, there should be a great deal of writing going on, including essays about the topic they are covering in class as well as occasional papers that are about a topic of their choice. When it comes to math, there are many different forms of math. You have Geometry, Algebra one and two, Pre Calculus and Calculus. I feel they should be taught in that order because it prepares you for each one so you have a good understanding of them all. For science, you can choose your own class to take just as long as you take one. The choices are: Biology, Chemistry one and two, Physics and Marine Biology. They are teaching you different things involving science, and are all a good source of knowledge.
     My day to day schedule would include 8 total periods, 6 total classes and lunch and gym. You would need to take an English class, a Math class, Science class, History class, and 2 electives of your choice. You can double up on a subject including science, history and math. I would prefer if you were to add an elective to your schedule like wood shop, photography class, art or graphic arts. They are hands on and good for your education. A full day of school would need to be 6 hours. The school day would start at 7:30 for homeroom that would last ten minutes, and first period would start at 7:40 and 8th period would end at 1:40. It is similar to our old schedule of school when we were freshman, where every period was 44 minutes.
     When it comes to homework, it really depends on the type of teacher teaching the class. If you give less homework, you should teach a lot more in class. If you give a lot of homework, you are looking to see what the kids can do on their own. But you need to make sure that you check to see if the students have done their homework, and go over the answer so they get and and can use it to study. This helps me the most, and I know it will help others as well. This is the curriculum I would run, and I know it will work out  to everyone's liking. Students need to be challenged to get a real good education. My curriculum will do just that.