The Importance Of Higher Education

The most common phase a high schooler will hear from their teachers is that their circulation was nothing compared to college, and that if they didn’t pay attention now, they would be unprepared for what to come. By the time I became a senior in HS, this became more of a mantra than a threat. Teachers taught students that college was the next big step in life, but high school is the last section of the main trail that would abruptly cut off, and this would often have led to students joining the workforce, attending a trade school, higher education, or a non-traditional path. Sometimes, the student would start this path early, and their priority wouldn’t be school anymore. Therefore, high school should prepare students to become adults, and …show more content…
In some situations, a student may join the workforce early because of their household, but due to the all-or-none principal of public schooling, they would have to drop out. Some schools will offer a student to leave school early if they can offer documentation, but sometimes this is limited to leaving thirty minutes before the end bell. Another case is where the school may allow seniors to leave early as they do not require a full class load.
In this setup, students can customize their schedules, much like how college students can. In colleges, courses can last for fifty minutes to three hours, have a wider range of hours to choose from, and follow a Monday/Wednesday/Friday, Monday/Wednesday, or Tuesday/Thursday routine. Due to how each class is different than others, it requires the student to mix and match courses, and this often leads to free time between classes, or arriving early and/or leaving later than other …show more content…
In most schools, students are denied access anywhere other than the gym or breakfast in the mornings. Sometimes, students may head to the library instead of lunch. In this new setup, students may have time to wander between classes. This would require schools to center more programs for students to participate any time during the day, instead being afterschool only. And this would also give the student a chance to use the library, the computer lab, or other resources, giving them more of a purpose than before.
In some cases, a student relies on the bus for all transportation, so they are limited to activities during the day, and being unable to participate in afterschool tutoring, clubs, or school held events. The bus schedule would be similar; there would be a consistent time for drop-off and pick-up, but students can have the chance to come and leave when they please, but using their own transportation. Some schools and colleges have started working with the local bus company to allow students to use their student ID’s as bus