What I think High School is for and What I would change

High School is a place where most people begin to mature and learn more about themselves along with what they truly are interested in. It is also a playground for teenagers to experiment with finding new or better friends along with what group they will put themselves with. But beyond most I believe high school is the place where we begin to understand what we want to learn and what we want to do as adults. Through the different classes that are offered at high schools teenagers get a wider pool of knowledge to pull from and learn from it and only if they so choose. It is through this idea that we learn what we want to study or do in life that I believe that we need to change the amount of after school or extracurricular activities we have from few or none, to many to choose from. If high school students are given a chance to experience different things and learn about new stuff they had never thought about, and through this they may figure out what they truly want to do. For an example have a poetry class so students can learn about poetry and learn how to write it, or have a technical class or separate school close by so students can learn what it is like to work in a mechanic shop. Offer multiple languages not just one or two but five or six other languages and teach how knowing more than just one or two languages can benefit in a business job setting for students who want to go into business, offer a business class. All in all the changes I would like would probably make most high schools look like a small public college, but this is good. Again I cannot stress how important I think it is to offer multiple different types of classes and after school activities to students so they can see the many things life has to offer.