In the past a lot of schools around the world focused on teaching students day to day skills, but in recent years they’ve shifted from day to day skills into more specialized studies such as art history, ceramics and woodworking. 

La Jolla High School should want the students to know how to live when they go to college and what to do if they need to change oil in their car, how to submit taxes, and how to make food and eat healthy, but there are no classes to teach us these skills. LJHS sophomore Martin Shomo said, “I think having something like food education or cooking will be great for us, because today a lot of food contains things that aren’t good for you so we can benefit from knowing what is good to eat and what we should avoid.” 

There are a lot of classes that LJHS has lost over the years such as autoshop, culinary arts, home ec and multiple languages such as French and German. LJHS junior Aofonso Leyva said, “I think having autoshop could be good because there are a lot of people in LJHS who like cars and might want to learn how to repair them.”

Having more electives can help teach students how to actually live life as an independent adult, Christian Reynoso Spurrier said, “I think having more electives can give students experience and be a fun time for students in school.”

School shouldn’t be a place students don’t want to go to, having classes that interest students is the first step to make school a more fun and diverse place.