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I am an American, I went to American public high school, and not one in a particularly rich town. (So there, people who think American schools are all junk.) I
by msla 4y ago
I am an American, I went to American public high school, and not one in a particularly rich town. (So there, people who think American schools are all junk.) I did, however, get a class in basic business law, including contracts, which I think should be mandatory for all high school students, and it would cover precisely this kind of thing.
- toyg 4y ago> I think should be mandatory for all high school students Notice how anything related to wealth management (contracts, financial concepts and practices, etc) is rarely (if ever) included in compulsory schooling. This is by design.
- msla 4y agoYes: People think school should be more about learning the "traditional" subjects and get angry when schools deviate.
- toyg 4y agoNo, that's because the ruling classes can integrate that knowledge in their own way later on, whereas others cannot. This coupled very well with the original aristocratic pretension that "material" subjects should be considered inferior. So we ended up with Western education systems that produce intellectuals who conceptually despise wealth management, ensuring education remains thoroughly detached from the actual levers of power. That suits rulers just fine.
- msla 4y agoYou have a nice little castle of theory built on air.
- kube-system 4y ago36 states require a civics course, which typically include personal finance topics. It was covered when I was in school decades ago. https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/data-most-states-require-history-but-not-civics https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/data-most-states-re...