Basic Skills Test

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Should students have to pass a basic skills test to graduate high school? Throughout high school, kids have had many thoughts on what they wanted to be when they got into and out college. This includes picking a major or somthing that they want to minor in, and what kind of job they might want. Although, nowadays high schoolers have a hard time finding what they want to be and if they're going to be able to find a job for what they want to studied for. Some freshmen or sophomore college students may want to change their degrees and study something else after they learn they don’t like what they were studying. Having a basic skills test will show the student what they have learned in high school, and tell what subject they they might excel in, and give them a better perspective of what they might want to do. Having a basic skill test shows a student what they have learned throughout high school and how well he or she comprehended a certain class or subject. The test will give them an outline on what they are going to need to know when they go to find a job and what they are going to need and use throughout their lifetime. When they take the test and pass, the students teachers will know that they have a basic foundation of knowledge when they go and find a job. Making students take these basic skill tests will also show them what subject they might excel in. Maybe a student has always been good at multiple subjects. By that student taking that test, they will know which subject is best for them to go into and study for college. It is best for the student to go into college and study what the student excelled or did best in. Students should have to take this basic skills test to graduate because they need to graduate high school with enough knowledge to get them a good paying job, instead of a job that does not pay very much. From this test, it would

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