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Students in Kentucky took a break from calculus and dodgeball to learn so real-life skills to help them 'adult' when they leave school. Bullitt Central High School in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, have been educating its seniors in practical skills to help them become better prepared for 'real life.' The so called 'adulting day,' held in the school, offered students workshops covering a whole host of adult topics from cooking to budgeting. Graduating seniors were able to choose which workshops they wanted to attend and could pick three out of 11. Students interested in basic car maintenance skills were shown how to...

Seniors in the class of 2019, however, received one-on-ones with people from the community - teaching things like dorm-room cooking, changing a tire, credit cards and financing. It was an event Christy Hardin, director of the BCHS Family Resource & Youth Services Center, organized for the students. “I think that the idea occurred to me originally, I saw a Facebook post that parents passed around saying they needed a class in high school on taxes, and cooking,” Hardin said. “Our kids can get that, but they have to choose it. And (Wednesday) was a day they could pick and choose...