Some subjects propel students towards a college degree more than others.
English is very helpful for life after graduation.
“English would be the most useful, because it’s the language that the majority of the US speaks; it’s necessary for communication,” Neal Barker, sophomore said. “It’s good for writing exams in college; most things you will be educated on in life are taught through English.”
“I believe English is very useful,” Lyla Shifflett, sophomore said. “With knowledge from past English classes, an individual is better prepared for upcoming circumstances that require accurate grammar, spelling, and/or punctuation. This subject proves useful when an individual requires a formal essay or written assignment for a job interview or specific task.”
Others think that math is beneficial for adulthood.
“Math is probably the most useful,” Kenarie Glass-Alvarado, sophomore said. “You’re going to use it a lot in the future, depending on what kind of job you get. It would be useful for paying taxes as well as bills, and it could help me with my future job which will most likely be revolved around numbers.”
“Math is the most useful,” Larry Ramey, sophomore said. “It’s the only thing that keeps the human race evolving, as in if we didn’t have math we wouldn’t be anything. While other subjects like history are good options, they never tell a new story; however, math is used in every subject along with every project, problem, solution, and everything in-between. Math is genuinely used in everyday situations; from making sure you have enough money to give back to a customer, making sure your wood isn’t too long nor too short for your roof; even to keep up with your calories. Math and other related skills are the future and, as time goes on, we learn to use them more and more throughout our day.”
There are others that believe there are more than one subject that is useful for life after graduation.
“Economics or English would be the most useful,” Bryson Kitchens, sophomore said. “Economics teaches young adults how to properly use and save money; English teaches the fundamentals of our spoken language. Economics could help me with adulthood because it can teach me how to control my finances and use them wisely; English can be useful in adulthood because we will speak it for the rest of our lives, and in college we will have to write a lot of papers so English helps with that too.”
