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| New courses coming at the high school Posted: 31 May 2010 07:51 AM PDT Message from Five Filters: If you can, please donate to the full-text RSS service so we can continue developing it. Planet Contributor The Bible as literature, an introduction to philosophy, sociology… these sound like classes that would be included on the roster of an exclusive private school, even a liberal arts college. But as early as next year, Telluride High School will provide these courses to students. The only prerequisite? Enthusiasm. Amid the talks of budget cuts, Telluride High School is still doing its very best to provide the teenagers of the box canyon with exciting educational opportunities. But, does adding such extravagant sounding classes during a budget crisis even make sense? Well, sure. Superintendent Mary Rubadeau is completely supportive of the new endeavor, and the cost of new curriculum: practically free. Expanding the range of classes utilizes the extra class time given by the seven-period day, new this last academic year. Previously, the high school day only had six periods. Now, students and teachers have an extra space to fill. As Rubadeau puts it: "It provides teachers with an opportunity to teach what they are truly passionate about." These new classes are to be considered electives — students can choose to take them if additional periods are left to be filled after base requirements have been met. Though the new courses will be offered to all students, juniors and seniors will take up the bulk of them considering they have more space, and freedom, to choose electives. English teacher David Lavender will be heading up the course on the Bible as literature. He emphasizes that, "This will not be a course on religion, but rather a seminar aimed at familiarizing students with the biblical verses that so many writers have drawn on throughout the ages." The point is to teach students to catch and understand these biblical allusions, and not just miss them entirely. "Jane Eyre" — a commonly read novel in a high school literature class — contains more 170 biblical allusions. "Ideally," Lavender says, "students should emerge from this course with a much better understanding of both the Bible itself and of its pervasive influence on our culture." Glenn Wellman, teacher of the new "Introduction to Philosophy," is similarly enthusiastic about the enriching learning experience his elective will hopefully become. "It will be an inquiry based course that promotes analytical reasoning and persuasive writing," he said.
A college level class, the focus will be on the philosophical writings of authors such as Aristotle, Kant, Hume and Sarte. Though there are no previous requirements, students must be willing — and able — to read difficult texts. Five Filters featured article: Into the Abyss. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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