Freedom to choose the subjects

Many high school students share the feeling the courses they are taking are not relevant to the field they would study at university. Should a student who wants to study journalism be forced to take classes such as chemistry or physics to graduate? Should a student who is interested in biochemistry be made to take three years of Spanish and four years of English? Instead of preparing students for the real world and life after high school, in most countries, students are required to take courses that take up most of their effort and time for little reward in the end. This also interferes with their time for themselves spent on health, sports and perhaps a part-time job.

The problem with our current education system is that students are spending too much time in classes that will get them nowhere and not enough time in classes that will help them in their lives and careers. That is why I believe high school students should be able to choose their own classes because it would prepare them better for the real world.

Students who choose their own classes will have more motivation to come to school and learn. This is very clear that a course which interests a teenager can be fully attended and teachers will have fewer problems with disciplinary matters because such classes make teenagers more eager to engage with the lesson material. In addition, students have different minds with different interests, and it is not fair to force them to study courses that they do not like or will not need.