Does anyone else think that a requirement to graduate high school would be to have a skill under your belt?

Question

So many high school graduates won't go to college. Is it really too much to ask of the public school system to teach them one skill to help them in the working world? I think it should be mandatory.

Answer 1

Hopefully the skills of reading and writing, listening to and following directions, doing what you have to not just what you want to and basic mathematics are skills that can be used in the working world. That's what school is about. The working world sucks most of the time...

Now if what you mean is offering...let's say juniors and seniors in high school a vocational career track and elective courses which work like an associates degree.. I second that and think that's where we are headed. . . and many schools nation-wide already host very diverse career and technology courses that range from computer tech to automotive reconfiguration...

Answer 2

Public schools are always short of funds, that's why they have fundraisers and why teachers are underpaid. But your question actually doesn't make much sense. Everything the public schools teach you are skills that will help you. Reading, writing, basic math skills, spelling.

They also have electives, which depending on what you jobs you want to go into you can take computer classes or something like that. I don't know but nowadays public schools and high schools have more elective choices than they did when I used to go. You can also get a job or volunteer. When I was a teen, I worked at fast food restaurants and at a school during a summer taking care of kids. There are also internships or summer classes you can take at colleges that you wouldn't need to spend an arm and a leg.

The public school education system I think does what it can with the funds it has. There are many opportunities for young people nowadays, you just have to search for them.

Answer 3

I agree....but the skills taught by the school staff should be also to encourage the students to want to better themselves on their own after they graduate as well. Like learning to appreciate and cook good food and then possibly the student will want to pursue being a chef or something along those lines.....teaching students they can take the life skills learned and possibly modify them accordingly as they enter the world on their own is also important.

Today's school staff needs to instill the students with basic or beginning knowledge and abilities that the students will need in order to have a career that will support them sufficiently and that they can grow with if they so choose to do so.

Our education system also needs to teach students that money is a tool used to make your own life better not to make unwise purchases and give all your money to retailers so their life is better and you end up in the poor house.

Answer 4

Definitely, I feel that everyone is not college potential and this handicap some that don't fit in college. I would like to see more skills presented or options as far as careers in high school. This is the beginning of a young person adult life and they need some sort of directions or ideas.