The future is, in my opinion, a frightening thing. To me the future is this great, malleable thing, the outcome directly affected by the actions of today. Everything we do has unforeseen consequences. It makes me glad to be young, but that is also my downfall, because I do not understand the basic information I will need to survive. One of the main problems of the American School System, besides underpaying our teachers, is that it does not teach you how to function as an adult. It teaches you how to find the circumference of a cone, but does not teach you how to file taxes, buy stock, or balance credit. They seem to expect you to know these thing coming out of the womb, or expect your parents to teach you. I am 17 years old and am still
