Dear Editor,
It has recently come to my attention the course Humanities 11 will be cancelled.
As a student who has been anticipating this course, I am worried that the consequences of this decision will be detrimental, not only to my education, but to education as a whole.
You may be aware the Humanities 11 course is comprised of the units for the world wars, as well as world government and Canadian politics.
The ministry of education is splitting these units into specific courses, but are completely disposing of the governmental unit.
As one of numerous students who took part in the student vote this year, I became interested in how our government and politics work, and now the course in which I would be learning this content will no longer be available.
I’d very much like to know why the ministry is cancelling a course that teaches us how our country works and how to make valuable decisions for our nation in the future.
As aforementioned, Humanities 11 also teaches us about the world wars, but now all of that content will be shifted down to the younger grades and, frankly, their minds will not be mature or developed enough to manage that type of sombre content.
With the addition of content from higher grades, coupled with the current material they already have, there is simply too much information to truly go into any depth.
I feel this change will diminish the education of students rather than improve it.
So, why on Earth would the ministry make (in my opinion) this kind of senseless decision?
Isidora Chan
Richmond
