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USUALLY AREN’T TAUGHT IN SCHOOL. BUT NOW, ADULTING 101 CHANGES THAT. >> PRETTY MUCH, WHAT IT IS, IS WE’RE PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. >> THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN LIFE YOU CAN’T LEARN FROM A TEXT BOOK. >> I KNOW I HAVE A SPARE TIRE IN MY CAR, BUT I WOULD HAVE KNOWN NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. >> AT FERN CREEK HIGH SCHOOL, SENIORS ARE GETTING HANDS-ON LESSONS IN LIFE. THEY’RE LEARNING HOW TO CHANGE A TIRE, HOW TO CHECK THEIR OIL. >> COLLEGE ACCESS RESOURCE TEACHER SARA WILSON-ABEL ORGANIZED ’ADULTING 101’. IT’S A THREE-DAY COURSE FOR SENIORS AT THE SCHOOL. >> YESTERDAY WAS ALL ABOUT MONEY, TODAY IT’S HOME AND HEALTH AND TOMORROW IT’S ABOUT BEING A PROFESSIONAL AND SO THEY’RE GETTING A LITTLE TASTE OF EVERYTHING." >> TUESDAY THE STUDENTS GOT THEIR HANDS DIRTY. THEY LEARNED ABOUT CARS HOW TO DO HOUSEHOLD TASKS LIKE HANGING A PICTURE AND SINCE MANY OF THEM WILL BE LIVING IN DORM ROOMS IN A FEW MONTHS, THERE WAS A CLASS ON HOW TO COOK MEALS IN THE MICROWAVE. FRENCH TOAST IN A CUP >> THE STUDENTS EVEN GOT SOME CELEBRITY SUPPORT. MASTER CHEF CHAMPION AND FERN CREEK GRADUATE CHEF GERRON HURT STOPPED BY TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDENTS DURING A MICROWAVE DORM ROOM COOK-OFF. >> PIZZA ROLLS, RAMEN NOODLES, A JAR OF PEANUT BUTTER, SO THINGS LIKE THAT. >> FOR MANY OF THE STUDENTS, THEY WELCOME THE LESSONS.. AND DON’T THINK THEIR GENERATION SHOULD BE CRITICIZED FOR NOT ALREADY KNOWING HOW TO -QUOTE- ' ’ADULT’. >> THEY’RE LIKE OH THEY SHOULD JUST KNOW HOW TO CHANGE A TIRE THEY SHOULD JUST KNOW HOW TO DO THIS STUFF BUT WE ACTUALLY IN REALITY HAVE NEVER BEEN TAUGHT THIS SO WE DON’T KNOW HOW TO DO ANY OF IT. >> BUT AFTER THIS COURSE MANY STUDENTS SAY THEY’RE READY FOR

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Fern Creek High School students are learning how to be grownups. ''Adulting 101'' is a three day course for high school seniors. "We're preparing students for life after high school," College Access Resource teacher Sara Wilson-Abell, who created the course. "Yesterday was all about money, today it's home and health and tomorrow it's about being a professional."Students learned about car maintenance Tuesday. "I know I have a spare tire in my car, but I would have known nothing to do with it," senior Lilly Farmer said. Experts showed students how to check their oil, hang pictures on a wall, wash and dry clothes and cook food in a microwave. "I learned a lot about how to do my laundry. I mean, I kind of knew some aspects of it, but I never sorted by clothes or anything like that," Farmer said. Wilson-Abell said she decided to organize the classes because a lot of students asked questions about life skills. "The term 'adulting' has been a big thing lately. So I kind of just took that idea and ran with it," she said. Farmer said she and her classmates shouldn't be criticized for not knowing how to do these tasks. "They're like, 'Oh they should know how to change a tire, they should just know how to do this stuff.' But we actually in reality have never been taught this, so we don't know how to do any of it," she said. "MasterChef" champion and Fern Creek High School graduate Gerron Hurt helped out with the classes. He encouraged students during the Dorm Room Microwave Challenge. During the challenge, teachers and students teamed up to make food out of dorm room staples like pizza rolls, noodles and other snacks.Wilson-Abell plans to bring ''Adulting 101'' back to Fern Creek next year.