Throughout Chapman’s history, one goal has always been to prepare students for the real world.  Though they try to prepare students, their efforts can be useless as the skills they teach students are ineffective in the real world.

Many of the classes taught at Chapman are mainly core classes. Besides a certain few college classes, it’s mainly the big four: math, English, science and social studies. Even though these skills can be helpful in certain job situations, they fail to teach us essential skills. Some include financial skills, and how to take care of one’s mental health.

For example, being a junior in high school, all the classes I have taken follow the same basic rules, sit there quietly and do work. Some of the classwork I do teaches me stuff I will never use again. Not once have I had a class that teaches me anything about real-life tools.

Another example can be seen as the school schedule. The school’s schedule has always been super strict and not flexible at all. Compare this to the real world, where you can choose what days you want to work. 

The strictness of the school’s schedule is unnecessary as it teaches us that flexibility is a no-go.  

It’s my opinion that school has some value when coming to education outside of high school, but when it comes to real world skills it can be seen that the skills we learn are ineffective and outdated for the future generation.