Regardless of whether they want it or not, all Singaporean children all have to go through at least secondary education. Schooling has become an important part of their lives. Therefore, education has to be engaging, enjoyable while also catering to the needs of the children. Hence, I think that yes, children should have the autonomy to create and have their own curriculum.
First of all, every child has his or her own interests which may be unique to others. One man's meat is another man's poison. So, children should have each of their own curriculum. In each of their curriculum would be their basic subjects, and then the subjects which they are good at and the subjects which have skills they really want to have, such as piano lessons. In this way, the curriculum of every children would be different as each curriculum would benefit the basic needs and then also the unique needs of each respective child. If the timetables and curriculum of all the children were the same, then as an example, if a certain child was good at piano, and yet there is no piano class on the timetable, then the skill of this child would be kept in the dark and not be allowed to blossom, which would not be good.
The habits of each child are also different. There are just so many examples to emphasize this point. For example, the attention spans of each child are different. One child might be able to concentrate for three hours straight while another child might be able to concentrate for just one and a half hours. Different things might also interest different children and hence either shorten or lengthen their attention spans. Using these examples, it is crucial that every child should have their own curriculum. This is because once every child has his or her own curriculum, the child can then decide exactly how the education should be, for example, how long lessons are, be it 3 hours or one and a half hours, and the emphasis on subjects the child likes the most. Only then can the child get the most out of his or her schooling.
Hence, these are the reasons why children should have the autonomy of creating and having their own curriculum.
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