Part 1: Every school I've ever been at has had a sports festival where basically all the students have to take part and maybe even teachers, unless of course someone has a prohibiting medical condition. And I've always thought that was a good idea, but it got me thinking about other special events that might correspond to a subject. What events have you heard of for other subjects?
- PE: sports festival
- music: chorus contest
- art: I've been at schools that have a special day where once a year classes are cancelled and everyone just goes outside and draws for a few hours, though this is surely rare
- Kokugo: Basically every day is kokugo day, but I think I have heard of schools that have Japanese speeches or haiku performances around Culture Day
- Science: ???
- Math: ???
- Social Studies: school trip to a historical place, though I don't think I've been at a school where all the grades go anywhere together
- Home Ec: ???
- Industrial arts: ???, but maybe some vocational schools have something?
- English: Hah-ha. I've been at schools where there are English speech contests of course, but that is strictly voluntary. And there is no way in hell most subject teachers outside of English would get involved in the same way everybody jumps in for sports festivals, etc.
What could you add to the list?
Part 2: Suppose a very dull genie gave you a wish with the provision that it could only be to add an event to the school calendar. What could you add to the calendar that in the same way that sports festivals encourage participation in athletics without concern for if everyone is especially good at it (or likes it), encourages everyone to have fun participating in English somehow, even if they weren't very good at it or didn't like it? Including other subject teachers?
by PaxDramaticus