Am I ready?

Am I ready? Am I prepared for what is ahead of me? What a coincidence that someone would ever ask me that. Of course I've been asked this; I'm a Senior in high school! I have been asked this question several times. Are you ready for what is in store for you? Let me reflect. I continually ask myself this question more than once a day. Am I ready? Am I ready to enter the world of college? Am I ready to enter the real world? I don't think I'll ever really know until I get there. Will I have what it takes to be on my own? Well, I'll be frank about this. If I don't have what it takes, I better figure it out because I don't have a choice. I have been preparing for the inevitable "moving out" stage of my life for years, even if I don't know it.

Personally though, I think the educational system should be preparing us for these real life situations. They should implement more programs that help us plan our futures. Instead of a career planning class that makes us research several different careers, they should have a career planning class where we actually job shadow. How am I supposed to figure out what I want to do for the rest of my life by reading an article on paper. Maybe if the educational system had spent more time and money preparing us students for real life, I wouldn't be spending my time worrying about making an abrupt career decision.