We are now exposed to so much at a young age it forces us to grow up.Īlthough we are maturing at a younger age, millennials have yet to truly gain the respect from older generations b ecause the benchmark of what makes an adult is so unclear if is hard to gain respect. I believe that technology and social media has changed that and is making the youth mature faster than previous generations. It is incredibly important that schools and parents step-up and begin introducing necessary life skills to students sooner than later. The teacher would just play different episodes of Shark Tank and would call it a day.Īt the end of each semester, students left that class knowing as little information as they arrived with. While there are some classes that are designed to teach life skills, such as economics, enrolling in the class is useless if the teachers don’t actually take the time to teach.ĭuring my senior year of high school, I took an economics class and the teacher rarely ever actually taught us something. High schools don’t prepare students for the trials of life and by the time we get to college we are expected to already know information that has never been taught to us. But we are still left in the dark about how to file taxes, paybills, make a doctor’s appointment or even change a tire. Here we learn about how to manage our time, money and what it is like to be away from home. Many believe that the transformation of becoming an adult happens when an adolescent teen goes off to college.College usually the first time a teen is away from home and ‘on their own.’ The feeling of new found responsibility can be overwhelming if you aren’t sure how to handle it.Ĭollege is just the beginning of adulthood. When it is something as important as adulthood the feeling is petrifying. The feeling of being unprepared for anything is scary. Throughout high school, we are taught useless information that does not prepare us for anything other than passing a standardized test. That way you won’t have to feel alone.As children, for one reason or another, we have often said the phrase “I can’t wait to grow up.” But now that the time for growing up has come none of us are really prepared. I just hope you’ll tell me when life gets scary so at least I can give you a listen. But as I got used to all the changes, I grew more sure of myself and less afraid. I can remember being afraid of trying new things because that felt like being out of control. I can remember feeling scared of going along and not going along with what friends were daring to do. I can remember the agony of deciding whether to try out for a team for fear of failing to make the competition. I can remember being afraid of making and admitting a mistake for fear of being laughed at, or criticized, or corrected. I can remember being scared of a teacher calling on me in class for fear I’d say something stupid in front of other students. For example, in early middle school I can remember taking hours to get my appearance and dress just right before leaving the house because I was afraid of what other people might think of how I looked. “I don’t know if my experience is exactly like yours right now, but I can definitely remember a lot of the fears I had at your age.
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