A life skills class is desperately needed at the high school. The class will be similar to a Home Economics class. Home Economics is a class that used to be offered at the high school but now is not being offered, hurting students’ education. Home Ec. teaches skills that students will need in life. Not knowing these skills is like not knowing how to read and write: you use them everyday and without them, you would be completely lost. This class would not just teach what they need to know, but also what they want to know. A survey taken at YVHS showed that 18 out of 34 students surveyed said that they wanted to take the class. If students want to take the class, we should have the class! Without the class, students would not have the
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They are normally in the average Home Ec. class, at schools that offer it. This means that the skills are important enough to be taught there. Then why can they not be taught here? “…it is really a class in skills for real life and a great preparation for many careers.” (Importance of Home Ec. in Schools Par 11) Students even want to learn to cook and sew. Students want to learn things that they think will be beneficial to them, and if it benefits them, then it should be taught. In a survey, 17 out of 34 students said that they wanted to learn cooking and 13 said that they wanted to learn to sew. Why would a class with skills that benefit students and that they actually want to take, not be offered? These two skills are used practically everyday, especially cooking. Students need to be taught these two skills because they are often used and are useful. “A new survey of American adults reveals that 28% of Americans-almost a third-don’t know how to cook.” (Huffington Post Par. 1) If we can teach these students now, they will at least know the basics of cooking when they grow up. If people do not know how to properly cook, there can be many problems like mal nutrition and obesity. We need to teach students now, before it is too late. Along with cooking and sewing, students also need to be able to use other skills in …show more content…
Social skills are everyday skills that most people do not seem to have. These include being able to talk to people, and being polite. People need these to get a job and be successful. If people are always rude and can 't talk to people, they won 't get far in life. Students also need to learn how to raise a family. Students need to be taught how to handle kids. Schools address sex only as a bad thing, when they need to teach students that not all sex is bad, and that they might need it to start a family. The lesson can go into safe sex as well. A lot of times people mistreat their kids is not because they are bad people but because they do not know how to properly take care of a child. These two life skills are pretty important. Without them, student will have a hard time in life. If students don 't know what to do when they are older, it will only make their life harder and harder. We need to help students be more social and know how to raise a family. These two skills tie into a bigger
They are normally in the average Home Ec. class, at schools that offer it. This means that the skills are important enough to be taught there. Then why can they not be taught here? “…it is really a class in skills for real life and a great preparation for many careers.” (Importance of Home Ec. in Schools Par 11) Students even want to learn to cook and sew. Students want to learn things that they think will be beneficial to them, and if it benefits them, then it should be taught. In a survey, 17 out of 34 students said that they wanted to learn cooking and 13 said that they wanted to learn to sew. Why would a class with skills that benefit students and that they actually want to take, not be offered? These two skills are used practically everyday, especially cooking. Students need to be taught these two skills because they are often used and are useful. “A new survey of American adults reveals that 28% of Americans-almost a third-don’t know how to cook.” (Huffington Post Par. 1) If we can teach these students now, they will at least know the basics of cooking when they grow up. If people do not know how to properly cook, there can be many problems like mal nutrition and obesity. We need to teach students now, before it is too late. Along with cooking and sewing, students also need to be able to use other skills in …show more content…
Social skills are everyday skills that most people do not seem to have. These include being able to talk to people, and being polite. People need these to get a job and be successful. If people are always rude and can 't talk to people, they won 't get far in life. Students also need to learn how to raise a family. Students need to be taught how to handle kids. Schools address sex only as a bad thing, when they need to teach students that not all sex is bad, and that they might need it to start a family. The lesson can go into safe sex as well. A lot of times people mistreat their kids is not because they are bad people but because they do not know how to properly take care of a child. These two life skills are pretty important. Without them, student will have a hard time in life. If students don 't know what to do when they are older, it will only make their life harder and harder. We need to help students be more social and know how to raise a family. These two skills tie into a bigger