Three Things They Should Teach in School?

Most people have brought up good things... but I'd say reverse the trend and bring back all shop classes. Schools got rid of their auto, metal, wood shop etc because they don't want to pay for the programs. They'd rather worry about their standardized testing scores and act like every student wants and should go to a university. There are serious shortages in the trades because students aren't being introduced to these things anymore.
 
  1. I'm in agreement that nutrition would be great, but I'm not sure any field is more controversial.
I had to take nutrition in college as part of my degree plan. Most students were fat. The nutritionist who worked at a local important hospital was also fat. Fatty fat fat people teaching us about proper nutrition. Horrendous.
 
As someone who actually teaches in public school...

Logic/reasoning/common sense. Kids these days don't know how to figure shit out by themselves. I had a kid (Asian too!) try and convince my the Earth is flat because Kyrie Irving said it. I was thinking he was fucking around, but not sure.

Junior high kids stopping my instructions to ask for a fucking pencil. I always ask if the question is REALLY important. Yes. Really, you stop me to ask for a pencil? Ask your friends.

Kids that will interrupt a conversation I'm having for stupid shit, like asking to go to the bathroom. Like I'll literally be in the middle of talking to a kid about the assignment and someone behind me asks to go. Can you see that I'm talking to someone? Wait till I'm done next time. Like I have to actually tell them this.

Kids that do math with a pen. Are you Mr. Perfect? Then use a pencil.

Kids that don't listen. What are we supposed to do? I said it like 7 fucking times AND it's on the board (literally step by step instructions).

Kids these days are mostly morons. Can't add, subtract, multiply or divide by 6th grade. Kids that can't look shit up in a dictionary because they don't know the alphabet and are used to Google. Seriously, anyone wanting kids out there, I'd HIGHLY recommend against it.

Also, social interactions and skills would be a helpful class. How to dress properly, personal space, proper tone and volume, looking someone in the eye when talking, shaking hands, etc.

And lastly, real life shit, like the point of school. Why you'll never use 80-90% of this shit, but it's important to get good grades and keep your GPA up. Importance of degrees and diplomas. I've had to tell so many kids things like this and you can tell this is the 1st time many have heard it. Parenting is pretty poor, overall.

Also, the importance of respect. Really talking about it, not just throwing out cliches. What it really fucking means.

That's it. I'm done! (While making Ben Affleck hand gestures from Boiler Room.)
 
Adulting 101
Basic maintenance on your car and house
How to pay bills and balance checkbooks
Writing a resume
Interviewing for a job

Adulting 201
Managing a credit card
Insurance
Financial responsibility
Public speaking

Adulting 301
How to apply for a loan
Purchasing a house
Purchasing a car
Retirement plans
 
Someone suggested personal finance and how not to be a fucktard with huge credit card debt.
 
-How to do your own taxes
-How to grow your own food
-How to be a decent human being

I always thought it was stupid how school makes you memorize stuff that will be useless to you as an adult but they don't teach you basic financial management skills. I also think learning about food is important. A lot of kids are so detached from their food and where it comes from. I didn't even realize what an actual onion looked like before I got into cooking myself as a teenager. If I think about it school was largely a waste of time. Everything useful I learned was self-sought.

Basic manners should also be taught. American schools are better at this. Kids actually say thank you and excuse me and people hold open doors. Where I live that kind of education is absent in schools and in the home so kids and adults alike shove each other out of the way like animals. Schools also have an ethics and morality class but they just learn about different philosophers and their ideas rather than talking about how to put them into practice.

Critical thinking should be regarded with more importance. American schools tried to instill it a bit although not enough in my opinion. At least they tried.
 
I would teach the kids that the world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. The ride goes up and down, around and around, it has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly colored, and it's very loud, and it's fun for a while. Many people have been on the ride a long time, and they begin to wonder, "Hey, is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and say, "Hey, don't worry; don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride and we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace.
 
How to change a tire

Financial responsibility

Why credit card companies are evil

Flat tire is one I was thinking. My bro in laws don’t know how let alone have the strength to loosen a lugnut. Luckily their father did teach them financial responsibility. Credit card companies may be evil but if used correctly you can get free money. I have a business card that I pay off in full every month and just rack up rewards.
 
I have young kids so this is on my mind a lot. I'd like to see schools ease up on the academic stuff and focus instead on practical stuff that would help develop kids' character. Cooking, basic building or repair skills (using a saw, hammer, screwdriver, etc.), basic social skills. Waiting to teach certain math and reading skills can wait a few years.
 
Basic economy, nutrition and like others said: how to act in regards to other people and society.
 
based on the Mayberry lately I would say, "How not to be an Incel 101" would be a good start.
 
1. How to be a financially responsible adult
2. How to properly raise kids (seriously this shit is terrifying). Maybe avoid creating some of these helicopter parents.
3. As Estemachine said, how to be a decent human being. Too many people with no regard for others these days, and that, unfortunately, occasionally includes me.
How hard is it to learn to not spend more money than you take in? And shouldn’t parents be mostly responsible for this?
 
How hard is it to learn to not spend more money than you take in? And shouldn’t parents be mostly responsible for this?
That's more basic than I was thinking, but that being said, what percentage of North Americans have no debt beyond mortgage and car payments? Retirement spending, investment strategies, subjects more along these lines I believe would be beneficial to young adults.
 
  1. How to Negotiate and Other Tools of Influence
  2. Social, Financial, and Environmental Accountability
  3. More Vocational School Opportunities (starting in the single-digit age range)
 
Almost every serious topic brought up WAS TAUGHT when I was in Highschool.

Does this shit not exist now??
 
Self awareness. Too many shit cunts out there.
 
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