What's is the perfect school?
The perfect school is one of equal opportunities and abundant resources. Ideally, the single perfect school would encompass a combination of a library and a tutor center; it would have any text book or book, and every type of specialty tutor. This school would only have learners 16 or older and would be open twenty-four seven.
From personal experience, I have come to believe people learn best by choosing how they learn. This perfect school would put learning in the hands of the learner, and it would become a matter of choice. To clarify, every individual would go through the regular curriculum until the age of 16. This regular curriculum, however, is not today's curriculum, as it has an equal focus on a vast majority of subjects, not only the core four. Further, children would be given quarterly classes on most careers, including careers in the arts. After all introductory courses are given, children can then choose to continue schooling. I feel people learn best when they actually want to learn and receive more knowledge. I also feel life should be a compilation of things you want to do with full consent. Therefore, school would be optional, but always available. Having learned the areas they want to study, students can join any 'class' simply by walking into scheduled lectures, reading the multitude of books, or applying themselves through the extensive technology. Further, they can utilize the on sight tutors for help and guidance. Regarding jobs, students can begin at any point. The job hirers themselves can discern whether the student/learner is ready for the aspired job. If not, the student can return to being a student. Full-time students exist, and these students spend their whole lives simply gaining knowledge. Now by this time in the future, hopefully, science has found a way to integrate technology into the jobs no one prefers to do. For example, all those that clean bathrooms can be robots. If one truly wants to clean bathrooms, they can still do so. Tutors in the school can be robots as well. Everyone receives the same opportunity, yet individuals can still excel over others, to facilitate natural competition and ingenuity.
I think I made up this school in my mind, because currently, I feel as those half of my days are pointless. I do not learn anything (okay that's not entirely true) and most of it is composed of busy work. Yet, I know I want to learn, but I am exhausted by the time I have my own free time. I don't like this negative pattern. Also, I don't know if I want a job. Ideally, I'd have enough money to major in everything. Analyzing my aspirations, I've come to the conclusion I just want to learn enough to master a skill. So for now, my perfect school allows just that. Hopefully one day, I will learn to apply myself in a grander scale, for a betterment of the world, but for now, I'll remain feeling clueless.
