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I agree author has wrong expectations when it comes to how/what people learn. I see a lot of it in such threads and by people who postulate that all schools sho

by ozim 6y ago

I agree author has wrong expectations when it comes to how/what people learn. I see a lot of it in such threads and by people who postulate that all schools should be shut down. School or university material is very basic and that is true. Unfortunately too many people expect that school is going to give them tools to deal with everything in life. School is giving only basic tools upon which one can build his own. Epidemiologist got his basic math in school but to be able to measure R0 he had to put in his own time, otherwise he would not become a specialist. School system has to provide set of tools to large quantity of people. Where mostly people who nag about school, look at it from "gifted child" perspective.

ClumsyPilot 6y ago
There is a large body of knowledge that schools completely ignore, they absolutely should lay the groundwork for personal finance, basic understanding of law and psychology, basics of health and common medicines. Finally, basics of how things are built and repaired. A lot of people never go to uni, and the schools seem to do their damnest to avoid teaching kids anything practical.
- bmn__ 6y ago
  > There is a large body of knowledge that schools completely ignore More along these lines: https://genius.com/Boyinaband-dont-stay-in-school-lyrics https://genius.com/Boyinaband-dont-stay-in-school-lyrics
  - ozim 6y ago
    In the song he argues that he has no need for doing mental maths and no need for abstract maths. Yet he argues someone should teach him how to trade stocks and give financial advice. This summarizes why Robinhood broker is a bad idea.
- ozim 6y ago
  Primary school maths is the absolute groundwork for personal finance. I believe calculating compound interest is covered in basic math education. Addition and subtraction is enough for paying bills and not spending money on stupid things, if someone cannot do that there is no school in the world that will help. For basic understanding law and psychology you have reading assignments. Reading novels is meant to show basics of human psychology, after reading assignment there is always class discussion on what you understood from the lecture. I also believe that if you have history classes you get basics of law and how that law was created. Not to mention that in reading assignments you probably also get in touch with basics of law, let alone that you are learning how to read and understand what was written. I understand that some people need more hand holding to connect the dots.

by ozim 6y ago

ClumsyPilot 6y ago

There is a large body of knowledge that schools completely ignore, they absolutely should lay the groundwork for personal finance, basic understanding of law and psychology, basics of health and common medicines. Finally, basics of how things are built and repaired. A lot of people never go to uni, and the schools seem to do their damnest to avoid teaching kids anything practical.

bmn__ 6y ago
> There is a large body of knowledge that schools completely ignore More along these lines: https://genius.com/Boyinaband-dont-stay-in-school-lyrics https://genius.com/Boyinaband-dont-stay-in-school-lyrics
- ozim 6y ago
  In the song he argues that he has no need for doing mental maths and no need for abstract maths. Yet he argues someone should teach him how to trade stocks and give financial advice. This summarizes why Robinhood broker is a bad idea.
ozim 6y ago
Primary school maths is the absolute groundwork for personal finance. I believe calculating compound interest is covered in basic math education. Addition and subtraction is enough for paying bills and not spending money on stupid things, if someone cannot do that there is no school in the world that will help. For basic understanding law and psychology you have reading assignments. Reading novels is meant to show basics of human psychology, after reading assignment there is always class discussion on what you understood from the lecture. I also believe that if you have history classes you get basics of law and how that law was created. Not to mention that in reading assignments you probably also get in touch with basics of law, let alone that you are learning how to read and understand what was written. I understand that some people need more hand holding to connect the dots.