Tuesday 28 October 2014

What Would Your Ideal School Be Like?

The schoolyard of Biggi's school might be a tad empty perhaps..

Here are some of my ideas for a school:

  • First and foremost, classes will be small. Not more than 10 children. Teachers are to be revered in my school and not overworked and stretched to the limit. A happy teacher equals a happy teaching environment.
  • All homework done ( at great effort and energy of and to the student ) gets checked and corrected by teachers. Gosh, in my day it was always corrected and looked at but it seems that it doesn't happen so often nowadays. Rather an own goal for teachers as they don't realize a recurring mistake.
  • Those that battle with spelling will get extra help instead of just critical red pen strokes. Dyslexic students will be accommodated and told how special they are. Dyslexic people are often far more intelligent then we think.
  • No test result will be announced aloud in front of the class. Oh, of course it is brilliant if you get an A, but what about those who have failed? Students need to be encouraged and not discouraged.
  • Fifteen minutes of every hour must be spent away from the chair. Sitting for so long makes you sleepy and unable to focus.
  • All Smartphones, cellphones and tablets will be forbidden during class.
  • Sport is mandatory even if it is just walking circles around the football field. As nice as the invention of the Internet is, it has made a lot of teenagers lazy and immobile. They spend hours slouched in front of a computer.
  • If those violent video games can't be discouraged ( and let me tell you that even though the popular computer games have an 18 age restriction, a lot of kids under the age of 18 have and play them ), there will be a weekly mandatory lesson for everyone in order to explain that those games are neither real nor relate to real life.
  • Life management classes will be held. How to deal with criticism, conflict, rejection and accept someone else's opinion with respect.
  • Debating clubs will be encouraged.
  • Healthy lunches will be free of charge and neither candy, chips nor cool drinks will be available in the school.
  • Manners will be reinforced, taught or both:
    Greeting people, respecting your elders, opening doors for others, offering your seat to older people, saying please & thank you and no swearing.
  • How to handle money. How to save and invest money. How to work with your money. How to live within your means.

How would you organize your school...?

Biggi

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