Submitted by Alex (not verified) on December 6, 2006 - 09:06.
I noticed that a major arguement for selecting majors in high school is that it will motivate students to focus on their future. I am a senior in high school myself and have spent the past 4 years of my life struggling through a torrent of propaganda saying that I should be desperately planning out my future as quickly as I can. I know for a fact that high school students are already pressured every day in numerous manners to achieve in high school and plan for their future and despite that, many high school students still drift through high school without a worry or care. It doesn't seem to me like having them choose a major is really going to motivate them anymore than the other forms of motivation currently used. Those few students who already plan ahead will make use of this opportunity and those that don't already will simply select a major without a worry or a second thought and then proceed to ignore their specially selected classes just like they now ignore their regular classes.
I noticed that a major
Submitted by Alex (not verified) on December 6, 2006 - 09:06.
I noticed that a major arguement for selecting majors in high school is that it will motivate students to focus on their future. I am a senior in high school myself and have spent the past 4 years of my life struggling through a torrent of propaganda saying that I should be desperately planning out my future as quickly as I can. I know for a fact that high school students are already pressured every day in numerous manners to achieve in high school and plan for their future and despite that, many high school students still drift through high school without a worry or care. It doesn't seem to me like having them choose a major is really going to motivate them anymore than the other forms of motivation currently used. Those few students who already plan ahead will make use of this opportunity and those that don't already will simply select a major without a worry or a second thought and then proceed to ignore their specially selected classes just like they now ignore their regular classes.