10/13/14

The perfect curriculum to prepare for life would have something to do with life skills and the important things you need to know later in life, no matter what type of life you live in the future. Even though I'm sure English class is important in school, it's only important to a certain extent, and it's certainly not something I might utilize or even remember later in life. But, if we have a class about important skills that we need in life, like living in a dorm in college, or financial skills, like learning about tax, or mortgage, or insurance, etc. Some of the titles of the courses would be something like "Life Skills 101" or like "The top 10 financial skills you need to know" or something like that. Learning about this can definitely prepare you for life, so when you're in a different and unusual situation, you would know how to respond and react to the situation, instead of just standing or sitting there and pretend you know what's going on. Even basic skills like doing the laundry can be helpful to learn in school or class, because some people may not know how to do this and it's important that people do. There would also be classes that would prepare you for emergencies, whether they are natural disasters ( like a fire breaking out or a tornado coming your way), or even if there was a robber or thief breaking in to your house. We see this on the news all the time, but if it happens to us, we may not know how to react or respond again, and that person will easily be able to commit the crime without any trouble. All these skills are essential for life, if not now, then definitely later. I wouldn't exactly be able to study these classes unless there's a sheet or textbook or notes or some material that explains all this, but I would study this by just trying to apply it in life, such as watching my parents pay the bill or tax when it's tax season. I would spend my class time learning about all this, with the teacher explaining all of this to us. These classes would be different than the ones I have now because the ones I have now are set, mandatory classes that I may or may not use in the future, whereas in the other classes I would definitely apply in the future. Also I may or may not have more tests, quizzes, and homework in my current classes, while in those classes, it would be more hands-on and more useful that I'll actually attempt to remember later in life.


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