▶ Your Answer :
First of all, students are able to show their
great academic achievement when they have the right related to choosing
subject. An important reason is that students can freely choose subjects which
they can excel. This aspect enables them to find good motivator of studying on
their own without any outside reinforcement, and have a great sense of
responsibility on their autonomous decision. In this regard, they can enthusiastically
participate in their learning, thus they can get better result in schools. A research conducted by Seoul National
University in 2012, there was a huge difference between two groups of students
in relation to the rate of their achievement. While students in Group A could
select which field they would study, those in Group B could not. The
researchers showed that the former group performed better than the latter
group. To be specific, students in Group A submitted the assignments on time
and invested more time and energy in studying, while the latter group lacked focus
and dozed off.
In addition, allowing students to select subject as they want plays
an important role in maintaining emotional health of student. It is obvious
that students can truly enjoy their school lives through learning subjects
intriguing and stimulating for them. There are numerous different students and
different interests, so schools should respect the diversity and not implement
uniform education. If students are forced to take mandatory classes, they will be
stressed out and be discouraged from learning. For example, my brother was
forced to take history class which she did not want when he was in the middle
school. He did not find any interest or reason to study history, so he could
not concentrate on the class. Consequently, he got very low grade, and this
made him more dislike the subject and finally he gave up studying. As we know from this example, schools should provide students with the right to choose subjects
in order to improve their satisfaction of school life. |