what other life skills do you wish school taught?

godblessourhome
godblessourhome Posts: 3,892 Member
edited October 3 in Chit-Chat
budget cuts means less art class, music lessons, gym time, home ec, etc.

what do you think school are teaching that is unnecessary and what do you wish they taught instead?

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  • ket_the_jet
    ket_the_jet Posts: 1,257 Member
    I could've skipped art class and gone with music and sports exclusively, but my brother is a professional comic writer/artist so I'm sure he appreciated art class.

    I find it interesting that I never had a single shop class or home economics class. I guess it was just the times I was raised in. Also never dissected a frog*.
    -wtk

    * Did dissect a worm, crayfish, and fetal pig...
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    I wish kids were required to take a financial management class. My school required us to take a basic economics class, but never once were the topics of personal financial management ever brought up. Thankfully, my family is very responsible about their money and taught me from a young age to live within my means, how to save, how to balance my bank accounts, how to calculate interest, etc. When I got to college, a lot of the other kids I knew didn't understand how credit cards worked and got themselves into serious trouble with far too much debt and would consistently buy things they couldn't pay for.
  • AZKristi
    AZKristi Posts: 1,801 Member
    I went to a private college prep school. We didn't take art, music or home ec in high school. I got my exercise by participating in after school sports. I learned home economics at home. Worked great for me!

    Financial skills are important, but that is something that should be taught as part of government/civics or math, not a separate class.
  • liftingbro
    liftingbro Posts: 2,029 Member
    If you asked me then (high school) I would have said a class that would teach me how to get laid would have been #1 on the list.

    However, the HS I went to taught some practicle skills. I learned welding, small engine repair, auto repair and butchering in high school. So, if my prefered career choice wouldn't have worked out I had something I could do to earn a living.
  • quitmakingexcuses
    quitmakingexcuses Posts: 906 Member
    Lifelong health!! Eating right, exercising, making good choice, etc..!


    Maybe a driving class like they used to have?

    Money managing! Like balancing a checkbook or understanding loans and credit cards.

    More art and music! :)
  • aliciagetshealthy
    aliciagetshealthy Posts: 946 Member
    As far removed from school as I am, I'm not sure what's left to remove; however, I have never understood the mandatory requirement for geometry, when there are very few fields outside of engineering that would ever use it...yet they don't require (personal) accounting, which every single person who ever has a job and makes money should know.
  • aj_rock
    aj_rock Posts: 390 Member
    In highschool?

    Personal finances for sure, and not just how compound interest works, like accounting and wealth growth and debt management.

    I really think gym/health should be mandatory the whole way through. And get the gym teachers to have legitimate training/nutriotion certifications.

    More involved career selection classes instead of the BS we get served now for half a semester.

    Aaaaaaand critical thinking should be MANDA-EFFIN-TORY. So many problems in society could be alleviated if more people thought for themselves instead of being sheep...
  • kjannan
    kjannan Posts: 248 Member
    I wish kids were required to take a financial management class. My school required us to take a basic economics class, but never once were the topics of personal financial management ever brought up. Thankfully, my family is very responsible about their money and taught me from a young age to live within my means, how to save, how to balance my bank accounts, how to calculate interest, etc. When I got to college, a lot of the other kids I knew didn't understand how credit cards worked and got themselves into serious trouble with far too much debt and would consistently buy things they couldn't pay for.


    I totally agree with this....money makes the world go round & we leave school so unprepared in that respect. I learnt basic budgeting from watching my mother, a lot of people don't even have that.

    ...And it would be great if they steered you towards a career path, I studied all sorts of subjects that mean nothing to me now & left school with no idea of what I wanted to be. I'm 36 now & still have no idea :ohwell:
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    In highschool?

    Personal finances for sure, and not just how compound interest works, like accounting and wealth growth and debt management.

    I really think gym/health should be mandatory the whole way through. And get the gym teachers to have legitimate training/nutriotion certifications.

    More involved career selection classes instead of the BS we get served now for half a semester.

    Aaaaaaand critical thinking should be MANDA-EFFIN-TORY. So many problems in society could be alleviated if more people thought for themselves instead of being sheep...

    Could not agree more with this.
  • kendernau
    kendernau Posts: 155 Member
    Subjects/skills I wish they taught:
    - Fiscal responsibility (credit cards, loans, budgets, etc.)
    - Financial planning (long term and short term)
    - Business basics (including teamwork and cooperation)
    - Etiquette and courtesy (should be taught at home, but a lot of parents apparently don't know it, so can't teach it)
    - Home economics (to both genders)
    - Basic outdoor living and survival skills
    - Basic home/vehicle maintenance skills (changing tires, oil, painting, etc.)
    - Food nutrition, diet control, and meal planning
    - Body image, confidence, composure, presentation, impact
    - Mediation and reconciliation skills (heck, relationship skills in general - particularly respect of and for others)

    Subjects I wish they didn't teach:
    - None
  • sillygoose1977
    sillygoose1977 Posts: 2,151 Member
    Sex education. Parents obviously aren't teaching it enough and kids are really stupid about it these days.
  • SageGoddess320
    SageGoddess320 Posts: 2,589 Member
    I find Home Economics to be a rather useless course and think Money Management, Ethics and CPR should all be requirements.
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