The first thing that made me stop and think is the idea that the honours classes can be a negative thing to students. At my school, we didn’t have extra credits for being in the honours program, but it was a more elite class. I was always really proud that I was in all the honours classes my school provided as well as French immersion. I know the other students saw me and my friends who were in all the same classes as smart, even without knowing our grades or really talking to us. I never thought of it from other students point of view if they wanted to get in, but didn’t. I’m also realizing how much of school is teaching children something specific unintentionally, and I need to keep those things in mind to make sure students have the freedom and creativity to learn the way that works for them. The article in general just made me stop and think about what we teach kids and why we teach them that way.
I think the new curriculum does a better job of being open and teaching students in a better way. I think it gives teachers the opportunity to be less strict and incorporate more into their classroom. I would love to be able to do units on art and music and with the new curriculum, I could work that in. I think the new curriculum gives us more opportunity to incorporate all the wonderful aspects of life into any subject that we teach. I also think that because it is so open, we have to be more careful about our own implicit biases and how we are teaching, and allow students to develop on their own with our biases having as little effect as possible.
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