What should students really learn in highschool?

Answer 1

The ability to think for themselves, challenge the status quo, and be willing to question.

Answer 2

Learn how to write a proper essay (this is so important!!!)

Learn good study habits

Learn researching skills

Learn how to understand the material (do however much you need to in order to learn your stuff)

Learn how to take good notes

Learn how to work independently

Learn how to work with groups

Learn how to stay focused

Learn self-discipline

If you want to have an easier time in college, take an AP course or two, and maybe try a little bit of every subject in high school.

High school, in terms of what is required for you to know for college, is more based on skills rather than factual knowledge. It helps, however, if you have a bit of an idea of what you want to study in college. If you have no idea, think about what you don't want to do. Having some preliminary knowledge in my history, science, math, English, etc. classes has made my transition to college much easier.

Most importantly, if you think that you can skate by in HS, earning Cs, Bs, or even As and then move onto college and be fine, you're wrong. Most of my friends are struggling students in college because they never worked hard in HS. There's a reason they say that kids who got Bs in HS are more successful in college. That's because most kids with Bs had to work for those grades. They also say that your first year of college (if you're consistantly a good student) is your worst because transitioning to college is hard.

In college, the professors grade you on your knowledge, but you can't learn the material unless you STUDY.

So you can sit through your classes in HS thinking that it has no relevance to real life (and in most cases, it doesn't - you take those classes to broaden your perspective and find out what you enjoy, they're there to make you well-rounded and give you lots of practice in developing study habits). But those students who went from an extremely difficult HS to an easier college (the first year of college is generally made to be easy/easier because the lifestyle change is very stressful and demanding), flourish because they already have those habits in place. So make the transition to college easier and learn good study habits.

Answer 3

I think there should be a class on drug and real life situtiation, to prepare these kids, and in this class, there should be some of the parent to in the classes to tell there stories, and also real recovering drug addicts to speak all so, just one class with different speakers to help save some of the kid that fall to drug other problems, a class were they can feel free to ask questions, like having a baby to early!

Answer 4

1)the basics of subjects thought and the ability think beyond what is given in the text.. to understand things conceptually..

2)To make friens.. how to socialise..to adjust n enjoy in a group of people

3)Extra Curricular activities

4)Extensive reading habits

5)Last but not the least, to play games(outdoor *** indoor) regularly..

Answer 5

things that actually prepare them for the real world. not just useless information that they'll just forget about anyway

Answer 6

Entrepeneurship and how to handle Finances.

Answer 7

MONEY MANAGEMENT!!!