Essay Sample: Does School Prepare Us for Life
“Does school adequately you for life?” is one of the most common topics that most people asked. Well, to me I don’t think it’s true. School plays an important role for all of the students but it’s not as much as you think. It helps student to be prepared for their upcoming future or career with knowledge. However, some skills are not acquired through classes but must learn through experiences.
First of all, one of the things that are not adequately for school to prepare for our life is manners. Ever since we were born, we will learn manners from our parents. This is because everywhere we go, manners are the first priority. For example, greeting your relatives or teachers with a good morning, saying thank you to someone after helping, saying sorry when you do something wrong and so on. Besides saying kind words, our action is also counted as manners such as table etiquette. For instance, we should always chew with our mouth closed and keep our phones away from the dining table when eating.
Next, independent skills are also one of the reasons why school is not adequately to prepare for our life. We tend to depend on someone when we are busy however we can’t depend on someone when we are living on our own in the future or pursuing overseas study. Independent skills can be learned from our parents as they have more experience than us. We can learn to do laundry on our own, cooking and money management as an independent skill. This will make us to be prepared and so that we don’t need to rely on anyone.
Besides that, school doesn’t provide enough general knowledge to us. General knowledge can only be acquired when you read and research a lot of materials. Students mostly need to explore and experience things to know about general knowledge. In addition, school also doesn’t provide sufficient problem-solving skills. In school, we only learn to solve problems such as mathematics or other subject’s problems instead of solving future problems or difficult situation. For example, students don’t know much about life skills and may lead them to suffer when they are stuck in an unknown places or situations. This will make students to be terrified when encounter with these kinds of problems.
Moreover, school doesn’t adequately prepare our lives for money managing. Most students don’t clearly know what to do with the money and mostly spend on it. They like to spend their money on things they like including clothes and games. As a result, this can lead to them not knowing how to manage their money in the future and face all kinds of difficulties.
In conclusion, school doesn’t adequately prepare us for life. There are still lots to learn for us even after graduating from high school or college. We should always be curious and interested so that we can learn and absorb more information and lead us to a bright and successful future.
