{"id":16369,"date":"2020-12-22T11:10:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T16:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/?p=16369"},"modified":"2020-12-22T11:10:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T16:10:04","slug":"life-skills-shouldnt-be-an-afterthought-emmas-editorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2020\/12\/life-skills-shouldnt-be-an-afterthought-emmas-editorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Life skills shouldn\u2019t be an afterthought | Emma\u2019s Editorial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

High school teaches students the basic core subjects like math and English but often fails to teach important life skills needed for adulthood. I have learned how to solve basic equations and cite a source in MLA format, but I\u2019ve never been taught how to pay my taxes or how to use a credit card. <\/span><\/p>\n

As a result of the American education system failing to provide students with crucial information needed to succeed in the real world, many high schoolers enter adulthood feeling completely unprepared.  I certainly do. While I personally have a support system that is capable of teaching me the skills I need, there are many people that do not have such a system and have no easy way to acquire life skills that aren\u2019t taught in school. <\/span><\/p>\n

One skill that I think all schools should teach is budgeting. I think that it is important to learn how to properly spend your paycheck and how much money to set aside for savings and retirement. <\/span><\/p>\n

Another skill that I think all schools should teach is how to open a bank account. Anything that has to do with finances deeply confuses me and I get stressed just thinking about all the different types of bank accounts. I don\u2019t know whether to choose a savings or a money market account. And what happens if the market crashes?<\/span><\/p>\n

Knowing how to use and pay off a credit card is another life skill that I think could be beneficial. It is very easy to misuse a credit card and go into major debt and considering how long it takes to pay off student loans, more debt is the last thing I want. <\/span><\/p>\n

I also think that it\u2019s important to teach students mental skills like emotional intelligence. The amount of adults that I have met that lack emotional intelligence because they were never taught how to develop it is astounding.<\/span><\/p>\n

 Going along with emotional intelligence, empathy is another important emotional skill that I think should be taught. Nowadays, it seems to me like there is a shortage of empathy in the world because while some people are empathetic by nature, others have to work harder to achieve an empathetic mindset. In my experience emotional skills are a lot harder to teach to adults with fully developed brains, which is why I believe it is crucial to learn it at a young age. <\/span><\/p>\n

While I think a lot of schools do not teach necessary life skills, Dow High has started to teach their students a few vital life skills. For example, in my Marketing class I was taught how to build a strong resume and portfolio. I also learned how to do well at a job interview and what employers are looking for in a potential employee. In my Student Leadership class, I was taught how to create a balanced schedule of activities that I have to do and activities I like to do as well as how to effectively manage my stress. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, Marketing and Student Leadership were classes that I chose to take and I did not know that they would provide helpful life skills. A lot of students I know have never taken either of those classes, and would therefore not have access to those skills. I think that all schools should have a mandatory class that provides students with pivotal skills to help them succeed in the real world. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":16371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2742,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beginning-journalism","category-opinion"],"yoast_head":"\nLife skills shouldn\u2019t be an afterthought | Emma\u2019s Editorial - UPDATE ONLINE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2020\/12\/life-skills-shouldnt-be-an-afterthought-emmas-editorial\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Life skills shouldn\u2019t be an afterthought | Emma\u2019s Editorial - 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