The Ideal School: My Vision - Cathy

In terms of my personal ideal school, I would like to design an environment where promotes lifelong learning and students’ individual abilities. 

Firstly, learning skills and soft skills which are usually underrated, are actually the crucial skills in enhancing students’ performance. For example, the skills critical thinking, problem solving, time management, technological literacy, self-directed learning, communication, collaboration, and networking are fundamental not only in learning but also in a working environment and in real life. 

Secondly, in this ideal school, students do not have to study every subject but only the compulsory which are Mathematics, Literature, and English for communication. They can also choose more optional subjects. I believe that Math would help the students with logical thinking, improve problem-solving skills, and sharpen their memory; Literature would encourage the pupils in critical thinking, empathy and understanding, creativity and imagination; English for communication is necessary in respect of globalization, where English is widely used. 

Thirdly, I love reading as it has many positive advantages on myself, so I personally think that it would be great if my ideal school can encourage the student in reading habit. Moreover, a learning environment is also supposed to influence students’ education. Therefore, a class should have around 25-30 students, and the school is equipped with digital technologies/devices such as access to the internet, desktops, projectors,... Additionally, green space and blue space should be provided to support well-being.

On the other hand, there are drawbacks of creating and developing this idea school, one of them is measurement difficulties. Assessing learning skills and soft skills can be more abstract and complicated than examining academic performance by standard tests. This problem can be solved by evaluating students’ performance based on realistic activities and should be marked as achieved or not achieved instead of grades or numbers.

To sum up, my core idea for ideal school is to create and develop an environment where the students all have the opportunities to learn beneficial skills for their life and to evolve their own abilities.