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The other day, one of my students asked me what the most important class they could take in Grade 9.
I answered with math and design.
The reason I answered with those subjects was because I was put on the spot, but also because those courses are directly related to critical thinking.
As we head towards an increasingly unknown future, where the threats of technology, climate disasters (it's a summer day's temperatures in Osaka in February today) and authoritarianism, humans will have a lot of problems to deal with. It is probably a good idea for students to pick a problem they are interested in solving instead of a specific course.
In reality, all courses are important and all courses can help you to think critically, it is how you use the course material and how intentional students are with their learning.