High school students need life skill classes in school
Browns 3A Economics class with Picture taken on January 31 by Makenna Miller
March 10, 2017
School is an easy system to navigate around. A good summary of a student’s life consists of memorizing the material, taking the exams, and forgetting the material. With that being said, some students feel as if they are not prepared for the “real world.”
The four main core classes of English, math, science, and social studies nowadays are way to exaggerated. The higher the grade, the more frustrating it gets. These classes get more attention then what they should be getting.
Starting with the graduating class of 2015, the class financial management and economics, that prepare students for handling money, became required. These classes teach the students about debt, credit, how to build credit, interests, and more. It is great that classes like these are required to graduate, but it only helps out a small portion of daily life.
“Only recently have classes been added to teach students the fundamentals of living, and these classes take but a year of mediocre work and negligible learning,” said Eden Elmore, alumni of 2016.
“In contrast, math is taught every year and reaches levels many who retire from higher education to work more blue collar jobs might ever need. However, it is to say that if a school system can prioritize something that not all of its students will use, it should certainly be able to prioritize something essential to living in modern society.”
Learning how to handle money isn’t useful unless people have a job. The students need to learn about things such as applications, how to get hired, where to start, and how to write a resume. The school system needs to start a full life lessons class that includes aspects people face daily. Examples include changing a tire, finding a job, insurance, and more.
According to guidance counselor, Chris Murray, the thought of a new program sparked where the local community could form a partnership with a few business organizations, and students could start job shadowing for upcoming years.
“Education that helps young people develop life skills has transformative potential,” said United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, a company that continues to aid youth.
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Bill Nye • Mar 4, 2019 at 6:17 pm
Science is gooder
Jason Albany • Jan 25, 2019 at 12:57 pm
Idk it takes time away time from important classes like math and science or English. But it also really needed. I mean we get no life skill instruction as of now. So i would have to go with agree.
Dubois McBrown • Feb 27, 2018 at 4:55 pm
I agree.
sky reyes • Oct 19, 2017 at 5:45 pm
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Rodrick • Apr 5, 2017 at 8:25 am
The school system should need more life classes.
Ariyana Olds • Apr 5, 2017 at 8:25 am
I feel that this is very true. Only a certain amount of financial management and economics classes does help a small portion of our daily lives. Looking through the years on social media, I did see a lot of people arguing that schools don’t have classes like changing a tire, insurance, and finding a job. I agree in the future with our own children that they should teach adulthood in high school so that students will know what to expect when they live on their own.
Katelyn Guy • Apr 5, 2017 at 8:05 am
I think we should have more classes that we need for when we get out of high school. We need life skill so we are prepare for the world when we get out high school. We need to learn how to mange our money. We don’t need something going wrong if we could have prevented that in high school.
Chandler Osborne • Apr 5, 2017 at 8:04 am
I do think that there should be more real life classes because after high schools it’s just real life and the students should no that. These classes should spend more focus on justifying that type of information to help students for the real world.
Zariya Dickens • Apr 5, 2017 at 8:03 am
I believe that the classes should have more life skills classes because, some students need to know more in life like how not to text and drive while you are driving, or how to make a deposit, how to find a job, career, and college that they want to go in the future. Also, students has to learn that life is really hard to handle is never easy learning about life skills can really help other students learn how to learn from their mistakes, and making hard decisions if the students don’t know what to do. After that, I want to learn how to pick a job, or a career that is the best price for me so I can graduate and not have a tough time. Life skills is the hardest steps ever you have to learn everything that you already knew, or the things that you want to learn.
So these are the reasons why I believe that the classes needs more life skills classes.
Have a wonderful day
Rodrick • Apr 5, 2017 at 7:57 am
Classes about life is pointless for freshmen and sophomores and should be a mandatory for juniors option for senors.
Jaimee Balkcom • Apr 5, 2017 at 7:47 am
I think that there should be more classes for students to learn important life skills. Things like taxes, how to ask for a mortgage, how to pay off a loan, what to do in case someone breaks in, all sorts of things! there is home economics where you learn basic home skills, but there are many things you need to do as an adult that they do not teach you.