Alsion’s Favorite Classes

Favorite subjects are subjective. Many people will have a different opinion from you on which class is the best and this article covers their reasons why.

By Kenric Hoang

Favorite subjects are subjective. Your favorite class could be English and you just can not understand how someone could like Math. So why not see what others’ favorites are to find out why. We collected data from Alsion students on what their favorite class is and the part that makes it so. 

Looking at the graph of the recorded responses, it is apparent that Math is the most popular out of the subjects. It is followed by Art, and then a tie between English and History. 

There were a variety of reasons given for why Math was a respondent’s favorite class. For some, it was simply because they were good at or already enjoyed the subject. Affinity towards a subject is usually going to make it more favored. The classes at Alsion might share the same basic subjects as other schools, but the classes themselves are unique because of the teachers’ individual styles. Some people said that they liked math because of the way Mr. Brad taught it and generally, Mr. Brad himself. 

Art was quite popular as well. This may seem more surprising to newer students than older ones. 2 years ago, Art class was vastly different than now. Ms. Asha was primarily the teacher for Art, majoring in it, and she taught it twice a week along with Art History. A few of the responses for Art as their favorite were from people that had Ms. Asha for a teacher. The current Art class likely has a different dynamic than the old one, so I am not able to comment much on it, but for Ms. Asha’s class, I thought it was great not just for learning about and doing art, but also great as a break from other classes.

For the rest of the classes, there is less reason than a natural preference because there is also less data. For History, some students enjoyed the group projects that the class has. Integrating teamwork into education can be very beneficial to learning and enjoyment, but also difficult to pull off well. Another respondent cited the organization of the class for why English was their favorite.

Students at Alsion seem to have a nice variety of favoritism of classes. For some, pure preference for a subject decides for them, but for others, qualities like the attitude of the teacher, the teaching style, organization, and assignments have greater weight in their minds. Hopefully you got a glimpse into what your peers think about when it comes to their education.