Survey shows students feel they arent prepared for life after graduation NBC Connecticut [Video]

Carli Ellis felt her school in rural Maine wasn’t setting herself up for success.

Most of the people in her community went on to work in retail or construction, but she didn’t find either interesting.

“I was very like, kind of in a depression spiral,” she said.

She dropped out of school and eventually moved to Connecticut last year. Now, she’s studying to get her GED through EastCONN.

She’s not alone when it comes to finding school doesn’t prepare her for the future.

A Gallup poll released in August found 49% of Gen Z students don’t feel school is preparing them for the future.

The same poll found 25% aren’t excited by even one teacher and 51% don’t consider school to be challenging.

“It’s split half-and-half. Some of my friends know what they want to do and then other people are just lost,” said Asia Jones, a senior at Windham …