Education Standard Curriculum

A nation should require all of its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college.

Some argue that a nation should require that students study the same curriculum prior to matriculating to pursue an advanced degree in college. Evaluation of this issue reveals that it a standard curriculum would benefit students prior to entering college.

Some may argue that a standard uniform curriculum should not be implemented and taught to students. The reasons for this may be due to the different interests of students. For example, if a curriculum required that all students take an introductory chemistry course and a student had no interest in chemistry, then should it be mandatory for the student to spend a year in a chemistry class? If such a curriculum was implemented, students may be less motivated to study the subjects and "rebel" in a sense to what the content and subjects that they are forced to take.

Although this argument does have merit, there are more compelling reasons for the advantages of a national standard curriculum. Students in grade school and high school are not fully developed and the benefits of a standard curriculum would be that they would be exposed to a variety of subjects. A student may discover that they like chemistry and if he/she had never taken chemistry, then he/she would miss out on the opportunity to broaden their mind.

The concept of becoming a well-rounded student with the exposure to English and literature, Mathematics, and the life sciences will give the student an idea of their strengths and weaknesses and what field of study that they may want to pursue in college.