Let kids rule the school

The school that the students would create had some interesting ideas, but also had some ideas that would fail. One idea that the kids had for their school, Independent Project, was the idea that there would be no grades, only an evaluation of their classmates at the end of each semester. I think this idea would not work very well because some students might just make a pact that they would only say good things about eachother so that they would both succeed in that class, even if they didn't deserve it. They would also split the term between September and January in half and in the first term they would learn about the natural social world and they would answer questions about it. During the second half they would choose eight books to read in eight weeks. This sounds a little bit like what we do in etymology except it only has to be one hundred to one hundred and fifty pages, but we also have to blog every week. Throughout the course of the year students would learn certain math skills and also learn how to cook or play piano. Then at the end of the year all of the students would perform their skill that they learned for the entire school. I think if this were a real school it would work effectively for a while, but sooner or later the students would start taking advantage of the fact that they can have the power to help other succeed through cheating on their evaluations. On the other hand I do like the idea that learning a certain skill would be incorporated in the school ciriculum. Some students learn how to play the piano or learn another skill outside of school, but if more students were able to learn in school then more students would figure out if they have an aficionado for a certain activity. Overall I think most aspects of the school would be a success and would help students make it through their high school career, but I think that some parts of the ciriculum would be taken advantage of.