[Curriculum Policy and the Politics of What Should Be Learned in Schools]: Something that has become very interesting and evident to me in my journey to becoming a teacher is how much political power there is in education and the curriculum. I never realized how prevalent politics were in the design of the curriculum. I do think having some politics involved is beneficial. However, I think they should not be the only ones designing the curriculum we teachers are required to follow. Having only politics make the curriculum will lead to biased perspectives on their part, “For politicians, what people believe to be true is much more important than what…

A “good” student can be known as one who follows the basic traditional ideas of the classroom setting. Education is what is known to produce successful adults that help benefit society. The article “A History of Education” says, “Human development should be combined with practical wisdom; the school should be the natural introduction into active life.” (History of Education, 3) A “good” student should follow the guidelines and expectations set out for them in the curriculum. They need to be who society tells them to be, not whom they want to be. In the following article, “Against Commonsense,” the teacher shares her experiences with students M and N. The students…