How much freedom does your school give students
Hi, im a person from the middle east soon entering what u guys would consider the second year of highschool, and I want some opinons
These ECs, I wanna join some, but imo, my school is really incompetent in many ways outside of academics, those "clubs" are making us put posters around the campus, these "debate" competitions are just public speaking, no arguing, and no retaliation, and only a 2 minute timer to speak aswell. These schools, I can't enjoy them, we lack student freedom, no student council, the contribution is just student labour, we have a podium for our soon to be graduates, but the school doesn't care about their opinion either.
My school is a big pain sometimes, I can't create a club either because that's school related, and we have a MNA and MUN, however, only leaders of the groups pick who speaks, so all it's gonna take is good friendship
Then, they don't give a care about any national events or anything at all
They don't have any youth options beyond academics, and their teachers are rather incompetent
And, they have a HUGE campus, but wanna know the problem, US STUDENTS CANT ACCESS HALF OF IT!
Its either heavily guarded by teachers or entrances are blocked if u aren't having any classes there, and the school enjoyability is horrible
Ofc these ECs and SCs aren't important in all schools, but students DESERVE a refresh sometimes, we are humans aswell, just school, study, home, hw, study, and sleep all the way till exams are a pain!
These ECs could give us atleast a small bit of relief, and if we feel like we are slacking off when we do something club related, we remember, these can indeed help in our university applications
Our school lacks subject options, lacks freedom for students, and the ecs and scs are non existent
And ofc, having a slight "I participated in a chess club" won't help at all, but these can definitely help if u pour some effort, imagine if a person made it to the nationals of debate, and they started from a club created by the school, not only does it create reputation for the school, but the student aswell, it's a win-win
And everyone thinks that these private international schools are the best of the best, but they lack in areas just as much as public schools do, only difference is a shiner and bigger campus to their name
And I lack guidance as well, lacking any person who thinks like this, because my parents never experienced these ECs and think they're irrelevant, and my friend call me insane and just retarded for thinking they are important
Let's say they aren't relevant for the university application (not usual for most t20 university), but they still create skills beyond the average study, they create confidence and thinking in a special way
I won't argue much more than that, but I just want the opinons of you all since I believe most of u are my seniors
Thanks in advance to anyone replying