A good Primary school invests in more than just the academic progress of the child. It also fosters an ability for each student to gain thinking skills, coping strategies and proficiency in life skills.
That’s why I’m stunned that a college would have to open a course on basic life skills. Seems 12 years late:
U.C. Berkeley is offering a class in “adulting,” basic life skills young people may have missed until college provided a wake-up call.
The class is so popular it’s turning students away.
“I want to feel prepared like I know what I’m doing and I know how to be an adult,” said Allegra Estrada, 21, who is a pre-med junior at Cal.
“You can know as much as you want about physics or biology or English but that doesn’t help you when you need to do taxes or figure out what to eat.”
Monday night, a new eight-week session in “adulting” began.“We’re going to have guest speakers,” said instructor Belle Lau, laying out the topics: managing time and money, and improving relationships
“That can be a relationship with yourself or others, like family, friends,” said Lau.
Other areas include fitness, nutrition and mental health.
“Self-care, self-love and sleep,” Lau continued.
Many students admit they struggle making the transition to self-reliance in college.
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