While having the chance to read about education and seeing the different views of education from different lenses, I came to my own conclusion of what I think school should be. My vision of school is, school should have a universal theme where change can be allowed for individual progress while at the same time having a common structure/ foundation to allow progress to be measured.

              My purpose of school is to maximum a child’s gift. I hear lots of people say, “ he or she has the potential to be this and that in life.” My school vision will not revolve around that common saying but my universal motto of school would be “ experience over potential.” I believe experience over potential is good for an individual for many reasons. One, it allows an individual to discover their place in life. Two, it allows an individual to be more confidante in their gift. Three, it allows an individual to accept new ideas.

               Now days we have traditional schools where a formula is formulated to work for all.  It’s sad but that’s the way it is, due to many factors like the size of the school and the one thing we can’t control and that thing is time. Time is very important in a child’s development and sometimes development is overlooked due to size of schools,which in returns limits the individual one-on- one time that the child needs for growth. In traditional schools everything is structured to the point where there is no waggle room for any kind of change on an approach that doesn’t work like structured learning, which deprives individual self-discovery. My school would do the opposite. My school would cater to every individual’s needs and also have a tailored curriculum based around the child’s capacity. This would be a good approach because not every child has the same capabilities, so this would allow the child to start off at a level that would be manageable in from there, progress will be able to begin. Like the saying “ before a baby learn show to walk it has to first crawl.” Same concept will be embedded in my school code of learning.

                   My school would have the three basics: reading, writing, and math. Just for the purpose of basic living, but it will not revolve around the three basics, but my school would revolve more around the child’s interest.  For example, if the child shows an interest in music then music would be the main focus around the child’s education or if the child’s interest is in math then the main focus around that child’s education would math. The goal is to focus in on a child’s interest and from that interest evolve that interest into their expertise.

                  These kids have a chance to be experts in their passion however; it allows them to be more confidantes in their gift. For example, if a child is talking about something they must know what they’re talking about right? Unlike in traditional schools, which don’t give that child, the assurance of knowledgibility (made the word up) my school would offer that assurance.  With this assurance the child is going to maximum their gift instead of that so-called “potential” that they had but never reach it because they just didn’t apply themselves. My school is going to produce leaders of society and not followers of society.

                    Being experts is great in a society because it shows that you know what you’re talking about when it comes to a particular topic or field of study.This also shows that individuals would be more opened to new ideas, which enable them to grow intellectually in society and not stunt the progress of future development. For example, my school wouldn’t produced one main focus for one individual but each individual that has the same interest will have that common main focus but the only thing is that each individual would not start off at the same level of that main focus. This is a good approach because all the individuals are starting from different levels of that one main focus which will allow them to collaborate with one another and even possibly teach one another about a possible wrong approach to a method.

            The structure of school when compared to a “traditional” school would be everything that a traditional school isn’t. The structure of school should invest in their students and not more on a curriculum.  The purpose of school would be more about helping students reach their proper place in life/society.  School should be a place of opportunity that deals with the internal aspect of life to help improve ones-self and that is what my school would offer to every individual.