Saturday, January 17, 2015

The Alternative High School Education

By Kristen Baird


Among the many life requirements which individuals are required to fulfill is the possession of the basic levels of education which is primary school and secondary school. However, children are not born with the same capabilities. Some may find this system hard for them to complete and may end up quitting school altogether. There are many reasons for having drop outs and this has led to the development of alternative high school education.

The main objective of having this kind of schools is for saving the lives of very many youths who would have been left with no skills and no better future. They are taken from their comfort zones and made to attend these institutions. This is in a bid to make them better equipped to deal with life such that they are able to fend for themselves and for their families in their near future.

The government has played a big role in making sure that these institutions are successful. This is because it helps the nation at large. When the students are oriented in the various workplaces, some of them become tailors, mechanics, and electricians among others. These later generate income both for their own benefit and for economic growth as a whole.

In the past, skills taught were mainly based on factory labor as there were many factories and few people to work in them. Individuals were taught on how to operate machines and through this, they could get employment in the various factories. In the world of today however, emphasis is put more on information and technology.

These learning institutions are not the same. Though they serve the same purpose of transforming individuals, they unction on different grounds. They are not located in the same setting, their management is very different and they all are independent. One is supposed to select the one which best serves their purpose in life.

A major characteristic of institutions such as these is that their schedule is often very flexible. They normally are not like the high schools as there is no strict timetable which requires the students to read at all hours round the clock. Students are allowed to walk in and out of these institutions as they please and recruitment of new students is done at any time of the year.

Individuals are not supposed to be looked down upon because they joined these types of institutions. This is because there are very many situations which may make one become a drop out. It may have been due to financial constraints, early pregnancy or some form of disability. The society is not supposed to view them as any less of qualified persons.

In conclusion, this system may have been one of the greatest discoveries made by man. They give individuals another chance to life. They make them be able to dream and hope again. It is estimated that in the years to come, these types of institutions will have flooded the market and maybe students may be given a chance to decide in advance what direction they opt to take.




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