Prep Work

Do you think kids should be preparing for college at an early age? Kids should not, for example, I would not have been able to prepare earlier for college because I didn’t even know what I wanted to do when I was in high school, never mind middle school. Kids in middle school should not be preparing for college because kids my age barely know if they want to go to college or figure out what they want to do after high school. That is what takes middle schoolers time from being a kid. If someone was to prepare for college like getting letters of recommendation, saving up money, etc I would think that’s a great idea but other than that I feel like it would be too much pushing and someone could get to school for something they do not even like and be in debt for the rest of their lives because of schools making kids pick what they want to for the rest of their lives when they are 10-12 years old and even younger. If you make a kid grow up too fast they will forget what it was like to have no responsibilities and just have fun, for example, if someone was to try to make me grow up and plan for college too early I would be too worried about being an adult when I was only 10 to 12 years old and I would not have that real kid experience. When I was 10 to 12 years old all I was worried about was being a kid, I did not want the stress of college and work at that age because I knew once I had to start doing all those things I was no longer a “kid”.You want kids to have as much of a stress-free life as possible and that’s why I think they should wait to prep kids for college until high school. Some of the things that the kids can do instead of preparing for college is hanging out with friends, spending time with family, and just in general being a kid. Many kids feel the same way as me. My little cousins are in middle school right now and I could never see them preparing for anything but the next day, never mind college. This is why I believe that kids should not be preparing for college at a young age and should be able to enjoy being a kid for as long as they can.

“Kids at the playground in the center of San Pedro” by danakosko is licensed under CC BY 2.0.