For the past three years, freshmen have been introduced to Elk Grove High School in a series of sessions throughout the course of two days.

They are given basic knowledge of how the school operates, and while some students appreciate the adjustment period, some find it pointless.

Staff Editorial

So at the end of the day, the question is “Are Freshmen First Days worth the trouble?” We find them to be way too long.

The first two days of school for freshmen are filled with endless instructional lectures. Entering high school as a freshmen isn’t easy as is, but continuing to treat students like kids instead of teenagers is worse. Students should enter high school and be treated their age.

Every freshmen that comes in nowadays knows how to use an iPad. Spending an entire fifty minutes teaching a student how to set a password and email is a tedious and extensive venture. Most students will not struggle with menial tasks.

Some of the more important information is completely left out of the sessions. For example, the first year it was implemented, no one explained where the lunch lines were and the differences between them. That kind of information is more relevant than finding the attendance office, which is right under a large sign.

Now, we don’t think that the endeavor should be put to rest entirely because it can be an enormous help to the freshmen to have a transition period to learn about their new school. It was probably even more frustrating to be a freshman wandering around the halls looking for Student Services than to have to sit through a couple days of lecturing.

Although, do Freshmen First Days really need to last two whole days? Seven and a half hours should be plenty of time to get a rudimentary tour of the school and explain classroom etiquette.

Plus, with the amount of technology that students use in their off hours, they probably already know about the majority of iPad or internet issues, or they know how to do a thirty second Google search.

Bottom line, the administrators should streamline the process to avoid wasting time and get the freshmen classes started as quickly as possible.