Laura Claire McKelvie: End Odyssey   As a former Steamboat
Springs High School student and a college sophomore, I was happy
to hear students organized a successful walk-out to express
their opinion about the Senior Odyssey program. It inspired me
to share my own reflections on the program, which I was
thankfully able to avoid while I was a senior because it wasn't
yet required.  The high school claims its motto is "Respect
Diversity." If that is the case, it is my sincere hope the
curriculum committee will cease trying to make everyone the
same. According to my personal experience and observations of
fellow students, young people already know what interests them.
Why not allow them to take more classes in the areas they enjoy?
Why turn their natural curiosity into drudgery by forcing them
to do elementary research projects culminating in a posterboard
presentation? Perhaps for a middle school class, such activities
would be appropriate. A yearlong high school class in not
necessary for everyone.  The Odyssey