Students should be given the autonomy to develop their own curriculum, as they would definitely feel that school is more enjoyable after filling their curriculum with what they themselves want to learn. Hence, they would study with more interest, and not think that daily school life is boring. The students would definitely be motivated to study hard, and will thus get better results. Hence this would definitely benefit the students as a whole. However, they must study all the subjects for at least a certain period of time in the school-curriculum, so as to make sure the students understand at least the foundations of each subject.
In addition, the teacher also could coach the students better in certain areas to excel more, and encourage them, provide opportunities for them to research more and gain more knowledge through the process. People want their children to grow up as independent learners, yet they structure their children's days to a minute and give them few opportunities to do anything but answer multiple-choice questions, follow instructions and memorize information. They could think of what they would really want to be in the future, and work hard in that area required for them to do a job.
Although some might say that the students would only focus on their favourite subjects but not the others. That is why, although students are allowed to study more on their favorite subjects, they still have to study at least all the subjects for a period of time in the curriculum. I feel that my reasons are justified and feel that each student should be allowed to develop on his potential by being given a chance to develop his or her own curriculum.
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