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Home ec for me was cooking, sewing, and baking. It felt like the most bullshit class ever. An actual home economics course - one that covers compound interest
by nostrademons 5y ago
Home ec for me was cooking, sewing, and baking. It felt like the most bullshit class ever.
An actual home economics course - one that covers compound interest, net present value, discounted cash flow, different asset classes, efficient market hypothesis, supply & demand, and reading financial statements - would be hugely valuable to kids.
- ghaff 5y agoThose all sound like useful skills. Of course, financial literacy is even more so.
- dhzizns 5y agoWhy BS? Americans are terrible cooks, nutrition wise, and very wasteful. I think teaching poor kids (because they're the ones who need to learn) how to mend and cook a nutritious meal would do more to alleviate poverty and its effects than most any other class they take