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High school graduates going into college are often overwhelmed with not only the challenges of living on their own for the first time but the emotional and mental problems that come along with entering adulthood This unpreparedness may be partly due to the fact that they were never taught how to be an adult This is because very few states require life skills classes to be taught to high school students In the United States only 20 states require students to take an economics course and only 17 require them to take a personal finances class These numbers are both less than half of the states in the United States Learning life skills in high school can be very beneficial to students and it should be required by every state to be taught in its high schools Through this class students can learn important skills that will help them have an easier transition into adulthood These essential skills include money management relationships and mental health Another skill that is often ignored but is very important is how to manage money Many schools do teach a finances class but they fail to include classes on how to do things like save money making a budget investing building credit and more Knowledge of these skills is essential to making it own your own in this country Also students need to know how to buy things like their first house or a new car Along with this comes with knowing how to pay all your bills Another thing that should be taught is how the United States tax system works How is someone supposed to live in a country and pay taxes if they do not know how to do it It would be very hard even almost impossible to accomplish
