Lack of Options
November 29, 2022 2022-11-29 11:44Lack of Options
Creative opportunities in schools
As children, it is a common belief that school will be a pathway to finding the future and who they want to be, whether it be a mathematician, an artist, or an actor. Either way, the years of youth are the buildups to major decisions and career choices. Considering this information, it poses the question, are schools providing the right opportunities for their students to develop their skills or will they stick to the same old options?
Even as students move through their school years, many don’t get the liberty to express their talents the way they wish to. Some may argue against the lack of options provided to students and support the proposition of activities such as school sports, clubs, or elective classes. While people try to introduce more clubs for students to try new things, they also worry about existing clubs. Although uncommon, it could happen; a school suddenly decided to shut off extracurricular activities and restrict students from classes such as art or athletics.
This all totals to the school or district a student is involved with, whether they care for students longing for creative freedom or whether they only care for college credit classes. It’s great for schools to care so deeply about their students’ education in the classroom but restricting them to just educational classes does nothing good for students who need different to interest and stimulate them.
Forcing kids to only focus on work with no outlet to let out their imaginativeness only sets them up for future failure due to a lack of creativity, which ends up being caused by the school’s choice of restriction.
Some may refuse it, but with this imagination and artistry, teens, young adults, and even kids build their futures and open potential job opportunities. These don’t just count for art, music, and acting; these can build up to critical jobs such as CEO or manager. All career choices require at least a hint of imagination to advance, grow and succeed. All this starts at the same place; school. Not allowing that freedom to scholars will only confuse them and confuse who they want to be in the future.
Allowing kids to choose from different options during their time of study helps them on the path they want to go on. Without it, they’ll soon be adulthood, trying to find out what they want to be with no experience or way to tell what fits them and what doesn’t fit. Which, in the end, sets them up for mostly failure or a profession that isn’t enjoyable in the slightest.
