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We teach children how to do paperwork starting at age 5. How necessary is that?
by thotsBgone 6y ago
We teach children how to do paperwork starting at age 5. How necessary is that?
- jacoblambda 6y agoI'd argue that's a pretty essential skill in the modern world. Reading and writing are arguably the two of the most important skills we can learn since from them you can eventually do anything else. Paperwork specifically is also pretty important. Sure you could argue that they could postpone teaching that until later but teaching how to fill out paperwork is basically just teaching how to do homework which will be essential for teaching mathematics at any reasonable scale. Of course now things are digital but it's still the same skills but in a different shade.
- Nextgrid 6y agoI wish I had been taught paperwork or actual practical life skills (filing taxes for example) as opposed to some complex mathematical operations that I don't even remember anymore.