Sunday, November 13, 2016
Are we prepared?
When reading the article Let Teenagers Try Adulthood ,by Leo Botstein, it was clear to me that high school does not prepare us for adult hood. throughout high school we as getting our hand held and having to deal with a lot of things that just do not happen when you get older. When i think about it it seems a little scary how we have been in high school for three years now and there are students around who still do not know what they want to go to college for or even if they want to go to college. I feel that high school is supposed to be the place were you figure that out. Another thing he brought up was that high school should end faster so that we get an earlier start on adult life. I agree with this because if we are taught earlier how to be more independent and we just jump into adulthood we might just be a little bit more successful in life. The problem is that schools are trying to students be kids for as long as they can. Even though that may seem like a good thing, it is not because, nowadays, less people are able to successfully make it through life with the dramatic shift after high school so it is very clear that more success will come from taking away that hand to hold in the beginning of high school or even in the earlier years of life.Do you guys agree with me or am I just being unreasonable?
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I don't think high schools should be blamed for students not being prepared and successful in adulthood. It's not the schools jobs to guide us through high school, it's our own jobs to do that. High school isn't holding our hands, it's pushing us to succeed. There are students that don't try at all and there are students that are prepared and ready for their futures because they have been trying and doing their best throughout high school. The students that don't put their 110% effort in high school are the ones that are not prepared for their adulthood.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, I think it all depends on what kind of person a student is. If they do not put in the work and take classes that challenge them then they will not be ready for the future. High school in many ways prepare students for their futures, such as the teachers. Something that Bostein says in his article that I disagree with is his claim that teachers are not adequately trained, and that is a reason why students are not prepared. There are so many teachers that prepare and care for their students. Yes there are some that do not, but a large majority of teachers want to see their students succeed. Many teachers teach their students things that go beyond academics, and students apply what they learn to their own life.
I agree with you. High school has set an environment where it limits students from experiencing adulthood. Letting students graduate earlier would be a great way for students to get a head start in experiencing the realities of life. I believe someone's life shouldn't revolve around high school, but on the journeys they make and learn from in the world outside of high school. I have noticed that high school hasn't really introduced me into adulthood, but it has showed me a glimpse of it.
ReplyDeleteI understand your point, yet I feel high school could better prepare us. All high schools have a curriculum that is usually composed of algebra, geometry, calculus, and etc. These subjects can be really helpful if you want to go in a field of work that has to do with math, but if you do not one could say some of those are a waste of time. I personally wish high schools would ask what we wanted to do in life and then base are school work off of that. One could say what if you do not know what you want to be yet. While i could understand if they went with basic high school curriculum. Otherwise it all seems like a waste of time, but that is my personal opinion.
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