Three things they should be teaching in school

[kirknewton]

I think these three things are important.
how to cook
how to do laundry
how to take care of your finances, how to invest, save money and how the stock market works.

thoughts ????

 

[Goodoer]

Cook and investing sure. Those were the old Home Economics courses. Laundry takes 5 seconds to learn.

Parents should be teaching their children all of these simple things.

 

[jarhead]

1- Gottta Eat - Cooking (Home Ec in my time) = Girls
2 - Build&Fix - Shop = Boys
3- Always Need $ - Accounting/Finance (more important than Algebra/Calculus etc) I never opened that text book ever again after that last class in Grade 13

 

[Sweetface09]

Learning starts at home. We need to stop relying on the system to teach our kids

 

[jarhead]

Agree wholeheartedly, Everything starts at home! Unfortunately, that message has gotten lost in the past 30 or 40 years. However, School would have been extremely boring without those types of classes; it can't all be Math, English, etc. They broke up the day, and quite often, it was a coming together, no matter what your class or background was.

 

[xmontrealer]

Way back in the day in Winnipeg, in grades 7 though 9 "junior high", we would have "shops" classes one afternoon a week at a technical high school in our neighborhood.

First year was drafting.
Second year was tinware, soldering and basic electrical.
Third year was wood-working, and learning to work with small and large power tools.

Invaluable, even just as a homeowner, in my later years.

For those who later attended that high school another option was automotive, though not sure how much of that would be useful with modern vehicles..

 

[wpgguy]

Way back in the day in Winnipeg, in grades 7 though 9 "junior high", we would have "shops" classes one afternoon a week at a technical high school in our neighborhood.

First year was drafting.
Second year was tinware, soldering and basic electrical.
Third year was wood-working, and learning to work with small and large power tools.

Invaluable, even just as a homeowner, in my later years.

For those who later attended that high school another option was automotive, though not sure how much of that would be useful with modern vehicles..

Went through the same system 20 years later, we had the option to take one crossover in to home ec in 9th grade. My buddy had the genius idea to sign up for cooking, 2 guys with 20+ girls seemed like a great idea. We show up to the first class, 20 other guys had the same idea.

 

[Intrinsic]

That would make you capable of doing things for yourself and not a mindless non-thinking humanoid like they want you to be.

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[Ahri]

I think these three things are important.
how to cook
how to do laundry
how to take care of your finances, how to invest, save money and how the stock market works.

thoughts ????

Can’t stress enough the finances part. I’m seeing most people in my generation struggle with CC debt

 

[unassuming]

IIRC saw something online about a GenZ whose light bulb burnt out in their apt./condo, they called building managemant to get it fixed, LOL.

 

[ShootNScoot]

The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell… vital information in today’s world

 

[Mr Deeds]

When I was in school we had to take home economics (cooking)
shop, and business math all useful things I've kept with me all my life.in fact in home economics we cooked up a huge batch of hash brownies and got most of the class and a few of the teachers high.
Unfortunately I had to change school's after that but it did give me an application of how to blend different ingredients to get a desired effect.

 

[Sweetface09]

For those who later attended that high school another option was automotive, though not sure how much of that would be useful with modern vehicles..

The only thing I remember from automotive class was how to remove a radiator and do an oil change but that being said cars still need brakes,tires, batteries and oil to be changed.

 

[boobtoucher]

I think these three things are important.
how to cook
how to do laundry
how to take care of your finances, how to invest, save money and how the stock market works.

thoughts ????

That's 6 things.

We used to teach a lot of those things. In grade 6-8. I went to plenty of Home Economics classes in the 80's and 90's. Then we decided that Regan was right, Elected Ski Instructor Mike Harris, started cutting taxes and government services, and now here we are. At the very predictable endgame of neoliberalism where we reject the obvious solutions because our billionaire-class owned media tells us "taxes are bad m-kay" and we accept it against all the evidence of our eyes and ears.

 

[silentkisser]

I'm well passed school, but didn't the Ontario government make financial literacy part of the curriculum?

In my opinion, another area that should be taught more is media literacy. So many people fall for stupid shit on YouTube or other social media platforms, it is actually worrisome. They should be taught the difference between opinion and actual news, how and why real journalists use anonymous sources, how to evaluate a media outlet, what to look for in AI generated deep fake garbage.

 

[KenzieValentine]

I think these three things are important.
how to cook
how to do laundry
how to take care of your finances, how to invest, save money and how the stock market works.

thoughts ????

Basic psychology

 

[wpgguy]

Can’t stress enough the finances part. I’m seeing most people in my generation struggle with CC debt

I’m two generations older than you and I‘m shocked at how many people I know my age that struggle due to their own foolish choices. Shocking how many people in their 50’s and 60’s who have good solid jobs, no savings, but always have a new phone, new car, 2 week winter vacation and season tickets to a major sports team.

 

[MadGeek]

Learning starts at home. We need to stop relying on the system to teach our kids

Because not all parent's are equal. Some are just downright sacks of shit - low IQ, drug habits, mental health issues etc... There needs to be at least some training in practical skills for the kids coming from those environments or we are just going to end up repeating the same issues every generation.

 

[JackBurton]

Learning starts at home. We need to stop relying on the system to teach our kids

Agreed. School isn't a baby sitting service. Teachers can only do so much, they typically have 180 students a year in highschool 3 classes x 30 students a class, 2 semesters. to keep track of.The real education for life comes from home. It has to.

Sure there are bad parents out there. If the kid doesn't graduate highschool, they can easily be rolled into Adult Ed, with smaller class sizes, by the system. Theres a whole system in place to get kids their GEDs. Its in society's best interest.

I have a cousin that just stopped going to school in grade 12. Wouldn't take the help, wouldn't listen to anyone, just wanted to drink beer and pump gas.

Still in the same spot 15 yrs later, but now is a deadbeat dad with two kids. He made his choices, he has to live with it.

I wish it could be different but thats not how life shakes out at times. Feel sorry for his kids, whom no one in the family ever sees.

 

[opieshuffle]

Finance. Finance. Finance!! Everything else can be "learned through life!"

So many people come from families who don't know the basics of savings, wealth accumulation, saving for retirement. Generational wealth happens because they've been doing it for generations. They teach the next gen that keeping and growing family money means to run it like a business.

My parents didn't know jack about money. Mom came from poverty. Dad from toxic dysfunctional middle class. A couple of "fly by the seat of their pants people" who married in th emid 1960s who ignored financial advice until well into their 40s and met business people who taught them some basics. The only reason I'm in reasonable shape is because of a roommate in my early 20s who was a financial planner. Handed me the "Wealthy Barber" and said give me a blank cheque and what you can afford a month. That's how I got a home in Toronto in the mid 90s. I've taught this to my kids. But so many kids don't have anyone to help them out.

JMHO based on life experiences...