It has taken me eleven years of my school career for me to finally take a class in which I want to partake in. Eleven years. Even then, the class I really wanted to take (and am currently taking) is not even offered at Foothill. There's something seriously wrong with this. The school system is not designed for students to learn what they want to learn from it but rather, what we should learn. But, is what we "should learn" something we need to know? Take Calculus for example: when am I ever going to use that in my life? Granted, if I ever wanted to be a mathematican, a physicist or some sort of rocket scientist- taking Calculus would be justified. But honestly, I am never going to use/ need to take that class other than the sole fact of appeasing the collegeboard. Why must I spend my academic career pleasing people in which I'll never meet? Why do I continually take classes in which I have no interest in- the sole reason being that I want to take classes that look good on my transcript? Is it my fault, or is it the school system's? I mean- it is my fault to an extent (for taking the classes, I have the ultimate say so on what I want to take... to some extent anyway), but then again- if I take the classes that I want to take, I wouldn't meet the graduation requirements for high school or college. Not only is taking classes that I have no interest in a waste of my time, but it's a waste of the teacher's time too. I know I feel horrible trying to pay attention in a class I have no motivation in, and I can only imagine how they must feel, teaching kids whom have no interest in their class. There needs to be a reform, and it needs to happen now. (I plan on adding more to this topic soon.)