The Independent Project

Earlier this week we watched a video on students who wanted to teach themselves, instead of them being taught by teachers. They called this "The Independent Project." The students got an approval from their school and school board to do this. They grouped together and taught themselves by doing labs, asking each other questions, and researching. The kids also focused some of their time on what they liked to do such as writing a novel, writing a song, etc. I thought that this was a great idea. When you are taught by a teacher, there is always that period of time when you re-learn material over and over again. But when you teach yourself, you can more on to bigger topics that you are unsure of. After high school, you don't get a job by taking a multiple choice test, you get a job by actually knowing the information instead of just memorizing it to get a good grade like in school. I realized that some of the students who participated in this project were more successful than the students who were in the "outdated", normal classrooms. The idea of this project is very useful and should be considered in every school.