After high school, we obviously know some of the things they teach us. Maybe you remember some math, who the 23rd president was, or maybe you only remember how to use a combination lock. But does any of that really prepare us for being adults? Do the classes taught in high school really come to use in our future, or should we have classes that we will use all throughout our lives? Freshmen Maddyson West, Carter Wenz, Liam Staley, and sophomores Katie Anderson and Ahryanna Cruise shared their thoughts.
WW: In what ways do you think school prepares you for adult life?
West: “It gives us a stable foundation for further education.”
Anderson: “It gives a good amount of stress so you know how to deal with it later.”
Cruise: “It helps you face your problems and work through them.”
Wenz: “[It teaches us to]have good time management and respect due dates.”
Staley: “It gives the basic necessities for any career.”
WW: What ways do schools fail to prepare you?
West: “They don’t teach taxes.”
Anderson: “School just doesn’t teach us certain things, like grocery shopping.”
Cruise: “How to go about our daily life.”
Wenz: “Some of the school policies don’t apply to the real world.”
Staley: “Things like [test] retakes, which don’t happen [in the real world].”
WW: If schools were to add classes that help prepare us, what kind of classes would you want? Which would be the most helpful?
West: “More classes that teach how to be financially stable and to give more real world situations. Probably a math class that teaches how to [manage personal finances].”
Anderson: “There’s not really a home [economics] class that goes through the basics of everyday things. Home ec for sure.”
Cruise: “We should have a driving class. It would be a lot more convenient, so one of those.”
Wenz: “More career classes to help [us] get ready for college, so those would be most helpful.”
Staley: “Classes that give more insight on going into college and what going to college looks like, and maybe something like a psychiatry class for people who wanna be successful doctors.”
