According to a recent survey by YouScience  75% graduates reported they felt “moderately, slightly, or not at all prepared” for what might come next after high school.  To help better prepare our local students, the Family Resource and Service Center along with the Simpson County Extension FCS Agent, 4-H agent, and two KSU agents along with volunteers from the community hosted an Adulting 101 day for the graduating seniors.   186 Students rotated through six rotations teaching students about life lessons not necessarily taught in the educational setting.   Topics covered were Credit Cards and Budgeting/How to Pay Bills, How to Dress for an Interview and Resume Hints, How to Make a Doctor’s Appointment/Medical Insurance, What to Do in an Auto Accident/How to Contact Insurance, and Skills After High School:  Laundry, Cooking Skills and Cleaning an Apartment or Dorm Room. 

The Family Resource Service Center reported that the students loved it!  Students overwhelmingly said that they now felt better prepared to go to college or the real world and handle things that would have scared them before.  Students reported their parents will be glad they learned about these topics so they wouldn’t have to do it.   One student said “Those skills are beneficial for us to learn as we aren’t taught them growing up.  It was a great experience.  It had me thinking about things that I had not thought about.”