Learning is more than academics

Let us be frank:  most people will not need to know how to find the hypotenuse of the triangle past algebra class, but they still learn it for a year or two  to pass that exam to get on with their lives. Between the rigorous curriculum, students do not learn actual life lessons.

“The fact of the matter is that I’m not really sure what debit and credit are, and I actually don’t know what a checkbook is for exactly,” Schaefer Sockman, sophomore, said.

Students are in the know when it comes down to learning.  They know that this stuff is a little mundane to complain about but are terrified because they may need to know it in the real world, but at this point, they are not sure. They know that a knowledge of how to do stoichiometry will not mean anything to most future employers and landlords.

It is not just real world issues either. We should not have to rely on “Glee” to get our knowledge of sexual education.  Newsflash:  you cannot get pregnant from being in a hot tub with someone. Fewer than 40 percent of schools are even required to provide sexual education to students, according to newsweek.com . It is a scary topic, and yeah, it can be a little overwhelming, but it is something students need to know about. Not everything on the internet is viable, and relying on the internet for sex ed can only create unsafe situations for students.

Overall, students are afraid. They have only seen an academic world with a pair of rose-colored glasses, and they know that one day soon, they will be forced to become adults and learn about their new world from scratch.