Discussions can be heard in the halls of the White House and Congress that today's teens will be tomorrow's adults. The common message being sent by these groups is that too many young people leave high school unprepared for college, work or life. Today's teens are not given the right opportunity to be tomorrow's successful adults. If traditional high school made Psychology, Consumer Economics, and Planning Your Career courses mandatory, students would have a better chance of becoming successful in life.
According to BBG Communications, communications teaches a lot about the way people act and why they act that way. This class is available in public school but usually only allots a certain number of students a year to take the class. After taking the course in home school, I wondered why this was not available for all high school students to take. It would help young students, usually trying to "find themselves", understand the feelings of others but more importantly the feelings of themselves.
Consumer Economics teaches the keys to everyday living. You learn how to open a bank account and how to maintain financial records, as well as information about credit, savings, investing, buying a vehicle and purchasing a home. These are things any individual should have knowledge on considering these are the factors to determine what kind of life you are living, what kind of life you want and how to obtain a promising position in today's economy. I often wonder if a course like this was offered in high school, how would young Americans turn out after high school, and in turn change the future of America.
In the Planning Your Career course the most important thing taught is this: A "career" is something in which is continuing, which usually takes place over a number of years. While a person may have a job or occupation at a particular point in his or her life, a person's career covers a much longer period of time and might include many different jobs or occupations. Basically, if we are thinking in terms of a career, then we are thinking about the future and what type of work we may be doing two, five or more years from now. Most high school students these days do not realize that "work", "job" and "career" have different meanings.
The curriculum for today's high school, prepares students for college work; however it does not prepare students for a career and adulthood. If high school requirements included Psychology, Consumer Economics, and Planning Your Career courses, I feel young individuals would be ready for the world, or at least say they had the opportunity to do so.
