Should a student in a class that is helping them think about their future should be asked to critique education?

I think having a class where students go to critique education is a great idea. Think about it, in my English 1a class alone, almost the whole class has had experiences at school that they didn’t like or agree with and mostly all of them chose not to speak up. Having a class that asks students opinions on their education gives them a voice. Makes them feel like they are actually apart of this whole education thing rather than the normality of just walking in to class and listening to a teacher. The more students voices that are heard, the better it will be for education boards, schools, teachers and others to know how we are feeling and how it affects us. It can change dropout rates drastically because finally we have the chance and are being asked to talk about the education we are receiving.

Another reason I feel this is a good idea is that It just may help the students figure out what they truly want from this whole schooling experience. What do we want our education to provide for us? What are the changes we want to see in class? It puts us more in thought of where we want to be. Where do we as students stand?  Most of us pay thousands of dollars on school each year and half of us don’t know what we are paying for. Talking about this and the experiences they had can help others understand how we as students feel sitting in class on a daily basis and sometimes not even wanting to be there.

Lastly, the possible changes that can arise from students being heard can be AMAZING. Everyone wants to be heard, everyone wants a voice, and doing so can help others to do so too. This can change classrooms and change students’ lives on how they feel about school. Chabot's drop out rates are high and everyone wonders why but yet they don’t ask the student themselves why. No one cares to hear what we have to say. SO maybe just a little listening can change the school for the better and teachers can understand how students feel in the classroom. An idea will form of what students would want to see in the classroom and acting on it will make changes not only for the school but for the future and lives of the most important part of the school, the students. Without students there would be no school, without teachers there would be no school so why not work together and understand each other. Imagine the magic of that.