High school's 'adulting day' helps students learn real world skills

You may have learned a lot in high school, but did you learn the things you really need to know?

Algebra, Spanish and chemistry are important, but learning basic life skills was the purpose behind an “adulting day” at Bullitt Central High School in Kentucky.

Seniors got intensive one-on-ones with people from the community who taught them skills that will help them in the “real world.”

Some of the skills included dorm room cooking, changing a tire and balancing a checkbook.

The teens may not have learned everything they need to know, but they’re closer than they were before.

“I think that the idea occurred to me originally, I saw a Facebook post that parents kept passing around saying they needed a class in high school on taxes and cooking,” teacher Christy Hardin said. “Our kids can get that, but they have to choose it. Today was a day that they can pick and choose pieces that they didn’t feel like they had gotten so far.”