▶ Your Answer :
Establishing a
proper and well-designed curriculum is essential in school education because it
works as a fundamental guideline for everyone in schools. That is why the
author probably argued that government should require the same curriculum for
students before college. However, I disagree with this argument because of its
one-sided claim that overlooks the other significant concerns when deciding the
policy: purpose of schools, importance of diversity, and the matter of
creativity.
To begin with, the same curriculum should be reconsidered because that
policy may ignore each school's own and unique purpose. Different schools have
different and specialized purposes such as vocational schools, academic
schools, or police schools. Given these thoughts, if the same structured
curriculum enforces the students to learn the same subjects, the schools'
purposes, which are considerably established for diverse social needs, are not
likely to be met.
Additionally, if the same curriculum is introduced to every student
before college education, the lower level schools will lose their diversities
in terms of academic achievements. One of the beauties in our community is
diversity. To conserve the value, education should teach students why it is
important and how to preserve it, by letting them experience it. For example,
encouraging the students to select their elective subjects based on their
academic interests or given social contexts will work to teach them the wisdom.
Lastly, as the same token about the diversity issue, in terms of
fostering creativity, the same curriculum should not be carried out. School is
a place to educate our next generation, not to produce a group of people. One
particular uniqueness of human being is creativity, which will not be likely to
be taught under the same structured lesson plans. Therefore, more flexible
curriculum should be provided to teachers, then, creativity oriented classes
can be prevalent, which in turn, will help the new generations' better thinking
and lives.
On the other hand, the same curriculum might work well for special cases
such as a school district that has lost its curriculum, a totally new schools
that desperately need a designed curriculum, or a class that struggles with
old-fashioned curriculum. However, in consideration of the three points stated
above, implementing the same curriculum will likely cause one-side directed, or
biased, education system across the nation.
In sum, even assuming that the same curriculum may solve problems for a
few special cases, carrying out the policy should be reconsidered to maintain
various humanity concerns. Rather, in order to facilitate better education, the
policy makers should scrutinize their districts' schools' purposes, the
diversity's importance, and how we can teach our students to be more creative.
Without these further considerations, the argument may be remained less eloquent
to me. |