The document describes the current Italian high school system and proposes a new system. It notes the current system lasts 5 years and has different majors but lacks technology, international focus, and career preparation. The proposed new system would make classes more interactive using technology, include career preparation through visits and internships, and better language learning through debates and movies. It aims to motivate students and help them decide their future path.

1. 6. If you could invent something, what would it be and why?

2. Current Italian High School
System
 Lasts 5 years
 Six types of high school majors (artistic, classic,
linguistic, scientific, humanistic, musical)
 Two types of technical institutes divided into eleven
majors
 Two types of professional institutes divided into six
majors
 Last year exam for diploma: "Maturità", an oral and
written exam

3. Positive Outcomes
 Equity of access
 Broad general culture
 Interdisciplinary links, though generally limited to
humanistic subjects
 Commitment and many hours of study
 Very good preparation on the theoretical foundations of
the study subjects
 Long-lasting friendship ties
 Spaces of participation and citizenship

4. Negative Outcomes
 Minimum effort by professors to help students
 Excessive study content, highly based on the
past
 No choice or possibility of self-improvement
 It causes low responsibility towards learning
 Low emphasis on sport and exercising
 Too theoretical
 Monotonous and passive teaching methods
 It is punitive and does not reward the students
• Old, dirty, and poorly equipped
facilities/buildings
• High rate of students that fail one
or more years
• It focuses on study programs and
not students
• No international approach
• Close-minded
• Low use of technology and
interactive tools and materials

5. My Solution: Introduce a
new System
 Create a new high school approach that motivates and involves
students on a higher level by studying, interacting and
understanding in an innovative way
 More interactive and helpful towards the students’ future,
helping them maintain an open mind
 Useful courses based on the student’s interests
 Inclusion of an International mindset (studying abroad/
preparation for college choices)
 Introduction to the working environment and different career
fields
 Courses that help with life's practical chores (paying taxes,
handling issues, cooking etc.)

6. Classes / Courses
 Basic Italian approach on general studies, such as
history, math, literature, science etc.
 Improved language learning
 Interactive classes with technology (smartboards,
internet, tablets)
 After school activities + sports
 Work related visits and hands-on experiences (field
trips)
 A choice of extracurricular useful classes

7. Improved Language
Learning
 Spoken Exercises
 Debates regarding current news and issues
 Perfectioning both the language and the
pronunctiation
 Inclusion of foreign experiences offered by the
school itself
 Movies and documentaries shown in original
language

8. Help on deciding students’
future
 Information on studying abroad
 Help with choosing what major to study
 Summer Internships
 College Counselor
 Organization of College/University/Career meetings
for students to start thinking about their future

9. Connecting Students with
the Work Environment
 Visits to actual working places, including: factories,
industries, offices, airports, ect.
 Classes once a week explaining how jobs function, in
order for the students to be prepared during the
visits
 Introduction to the types of tasks and dutys to deal
with
 Projects and presentations regarding specifically
assigned careers to introduce to the class

10. Creating a Community
 After-school activities
 Group Sports
 Debate and Discussion Groups
 Assemblies to give all students the opportunity to
propose new goals for the school and share their ideas
 Organization of plays, musicals and performances
 Learning about the environment: recycling + cleaning
litter
 Raise positivity of relationships & educate to avoid racism
+ bullying

11. Inclusion of:
 Technology tools: advanced computer labs,
Smartboards, Ipads or other useful tablets
 Comfortable and clean study classes, outside areas,
libraries, equipped gym
 Acting classes, Speaking exercises to facilitate oral
exams/presentations + fight shyness/anxiety

12. Conclusion
 When I think of inventing something, I usually strive to come up with
something useful and helpful for the community and in this case, for the future
generation.
 Living in Italy, made me realize there are many things to fix in this country. One
of these is the school system, which in terms of learning is considered one of
the best systems as we are taught extensively about the history of different
countries, and we learn a base of many subjects.
 The issue here is the way things function, the facilities, the relation between
professors and students, and the non-existing attempt of informing students
on universities or study abroad programs. The list of things to fix could go on
and on.
 My vision is to either introduce or reinvent a system based on the current one,
but with a major step forward, and a greater international approach. Students
should be motivated by there professors to study hard but in a innovative way,
expressing themselves in order to discover each of their capabilities, and guide
them through what their choices will be for their future.