Let Kids Rule the School - Blog Prompt for 12 April

I do not think that students can be given the autonomy to decide their own curriculum, as not all of them have the responsibility and the attitude needed to decide their curriculum.

There are students who can handle the privilege of deciding their own education, but what happens to those students that cannot handle it? For example, if a lazy student gets the power to decide the lessons he can take, he will just take the easiest lessons. This will not be beneficial to his future, as he cannot find a job in the future, as no company would want him. Therefore, students should not be given the power to decide their education.

Also, students should have a balanced education to open up more job options for them in the future. If students
only focus on their favorite subject and prepare for their dream job, their future career options will be very limited. If they cannot get those jobs, then they will have to learn more skills, which means that their previous education was wasted. Thus, education should not be decided by students.

There is an advantage of students that decide their own curriculum, which is that they will have more interest in that subject that they had chosen, which will be beneficial for their education as they will have more passion for learning. However, this will limit their job options and if they cannot get a job in that field, will waste their previous learning, which is what I have stated earlier.

Ultimately, I feel that partial control can be given to students who have been proven to have the responsibility to handle it, as this will allow them to prepare for their dream jobs earlier, while still giving them a balanced education.

Why should we care about what happens in places far away from where we live?

We should care about what happens in other places, as our country is dependent on other countries for nearly everything, like food, economy and others. We have to import food from other countries like Thailand, and if a disaster happens there, our reserve food store cannot last for very long, and thus if that happens, we then have to prepare immediately for that.
Also, Singapore is lacking in land area, raw materials and consumers. Therefore, we need to invest in other countries for land, import raw materials into Singapore, and export those raw materials as products to other countries.Thus, Singapore is heavily reliant on other countries. If anything happens to these countries, Singapore would be badly affected, and our economy might fall, thus creating a bad situation for Singaporeans.
 Also, for incidents such as natural disasters, we can send help to that country immediately, both to
fulfill our moral duty and to show off our military power to other countries, killing two birds with one stone.
It is also important to get a knowledge of the current affairs, to improve ourselves and be up to date with the world. Also, we have to get a better understanding of the world, so that we can learn from the situations in other countries. For example, for Japan's nuclear scare, we can use it to think through whether Singapore should use nuclear power for electricity. Also, if there are beneficial situations in other countries, we may be able to apply the situation in Singapore if it can help.