Explain Why Students Should Take Life Skill Classes

How many teenagers know life skills when they graduate? Do they know how to cook or clean? Most schools offer health or home ec classes, but hardly any high schooler will take them. Parents teach their kids to clean house or take out the garbage. Some parents don’t want to instruct them. Having them waste time on gaming or watching tv and when they could be learning about being an adult. The world won’t just give them everything. Teachers try to help with real world problems, but teens never take their stories seriously. Schools should require students to take life skill classes because it will help them become better citizens, be social, and help with their daily lives.
One of the many reasons to teach our kids life skills is to help them be better citizen. Most teens know how to handle money, but do they know how to get money out of banks. Business classes do explain produce and other things, yet they
Parents only care about their well being and want them to be successful. Most teens don’t have bank accounts and they don’t know how to work one. When parents go to open the account, their teens should be there to see who, what, where, when, and how. Credit cards will be a major part of their lives, knowing how to use is important. Never max out credit cards. Always pay on time, it keeps the scores up. (Akins). When teens get a new car they don’t think about insurance or car payments. The one thing people always pay for in life is car payments. Insurance is important for teens to know how or when to use it. Also the benefits it gives them. Without it, their lives will be so much harder than it needs to be. Even knowing how to change a tire, change oil, or even the air pressure can make it easier. Doctor appointments need to be tracked parents aren’t going to do everything for teens. It’s good for teens to track and make their own appointments. And travel arrangement will be a hard task but will