Student Voice: Living In A Contemporary World…85 Minutes At A Time

By Grace (a sophomore at Patterson Mill High School in Bel Air).

A new class is being offered to, or should I say imposed on, 9th grade students in Harford County Public Schools.  Living in a Contemporary World (LICW) is meant to ease the transition from middle to high school as well as prepare students for adult life.  One would think that the latter would be a more appropriate topic for a class taken senior year as 12th graders are closer to entering the adult world.  One would be right.  However, the two subjects have been smashed together to create one utterly useless class.

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