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Life skills are not completely disjoint from current curriculum subjects. You don't need to dedicate an hour every day to a class called "Life skills" (and if y
by KMnO4 6y ago
Life skills are not completely disjoint from current curriculum subjects. You don't need to dedicate an hour every day to a class called "Life skills" (and if you did I suspect many children would pay less attention).
Why not use that math class to teach personal finance, mortgage rates, basic economics, etc.
Why not couple English with a stronger focus on proper communication (especially negotiation, conflict resolution)
etc.
Teachers are given a document that says in X weeks you need to cover the following topics/units. Let's fix that document so that we can ensure everyone who graduates the public school system can confidently understand their credit card statement -- regardless of their parental upbringing.
- maccard 6y agoI get your point, but the issue is that people don't grok the link between the fundamentals and day-to-day life. > Let's fix that document so that we can ensure everyone who graduates the public school system can confidently understand their credit card statement I'm pretty sure by age 14 my school math problems were along the lines of "John takes out a loan for $x, with a compounding interest rate of Y%, how much does he pay back in total?" I agree that we could do better at teaching however!