From a young age, children are pushed to learn a lot of new things, from math to art. Though, school in Canada doesn’t really cater to the needs, learning differences, and interests of kids. On the other hand, in other parts of the world such as France, kids are forced to specialize in grade 9 and can’t change their course trajectory for the rest of their life, leading to adults with jobs they don’t like or want wishing they could change things up, and college students unable to get into certain schools if they didn’t choose the right courses.
School also takes a long time to get through. Although, the way school is structured is really not as effective as it could be. If kids spent the first 6 years of their school lives rotating classes by month or every two months instead of hour, base classes (science, math, literature, history, arts) could be completed with full instruction within the first 5 months of school, meaning base school would be finished by mid-February and would let kids achieve grade 9/10 level knowledge by around age 11. This leaves around three months for kids to freely explore their interests, whether that be arts, language, something physical, or something to do with academics, paving the way for kids to have a much better idea of what they want to do by the time college and university rolls around. All of this would also allow kids to have much longer or simply more breaks throughout the day, giving them the stimulation they need at a young age.
Then, after grade 7, more complicated classes could be available. Fitness classes, sciences such as psychology, chemistry, theory of knowledge, biology, etc. Advanced mathematics, humanities, trades, technology, language classes, the possibilities are endless, and makes more jobs for teachers and more opportunities for connection.