If Students Designed Their Own Schools Response.

     When I first watched this video, I had slight mixed feelings. Although I believe that it would be a great learning experience to have complete control over what I'm doing, what I'm learning, and how I'm learning it, I don't truly believe that most of us students would be able to handle such freedom. For some, this may be exactly what they need like the students in the video, but I personally don't think I could do it. We are doing our genius hour projects in class which in my opinion, give us a small taste of what is going on in the video and I have difficulties staying focused and gaining control of my project, I could'nt imagine designing my own projects for everything.
     However, I do understand that structured classes are not for everyone, like in the video the one boy who had a learning disability said that he didn't know where he would be without this program, that he may not even be graduating, and in that sense I believe that alternative programs would be a good change for some, but I would personally like to stick to structured classes. Without a common base and a teacher there to motivate me, I don't think I would be getting very good grades in school, and many say that this program would help people learn to be on their own but in my opinion, structured classes can teach you those skills just as much as an alternative class.
     I believe that this video relates to the Digital Life video not as much literally, but in a general sense. Things are changing, we are all changing, the world is literally changing around us and I think that both videos have a message that if we don't keep up with these constant changes, then we may get lost along the way. Technology has changed completely in the past ten years and apparently, the idea of a functional class has as well. Structured classrooms may be changing and giving more control to this new self-sufficient generation, and the same goes for technology. We have almost all the answers at our finger tips, which I believe, puts us in more control. Although, I don't agree that children designing their own schools is for everyone, I still think that some are capable of taking control and accepting this changing world.