I
think high school is for getting students ready to go to get into college, and
to complete schoolwork. Not many kids from my high school went straight into
the work force. So, we all prepared ourselves to write quality college
application essays, learn calculus, and to learn enough history and social
sciences to deem ourselves well informed. In today’s society, a bachelor’s degree
has become equivalent to a high school degree (compared to forty years ago),
and a graduate degree has become equivalent to a bachelor’s degree. To be “successful”
in life, students need to go to college, and high school is just a steppingstone
to college. Even if one would want to go into the workforce sooner than four
years, a community college would be the best option for them because at a CC
they could get technical training.
I
don’t necessarily believe that high schools should switch the curriculum to
offer more technical skills courses, but I think high schools should prepare
students emotionally to go out into the “real world”. Students should be
treated as adults in order for them to grow up into the adults we want them to
be. This means, adults should not coddle students or hold their hands in order
for them to succeed. There needs to be a balance between too much pressure and
too little adversity. In an optimal environment, students will be able to grow
into the adults we want them to be, and also be successful students.
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