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Would you approve teaching these 15 things in school?

Would you approve teaching these 15 things in school?

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Harshaw said:
What school did you go to that didn't cover proofreading?
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Yes, I was taught proofreading but is was in a grammatical sense. I think that in the context of this thread, proofreading means fact-checking in a sense.
 
Mason66 said:
Why change a tire no?

That could save a life.
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it's not that I think it is wrong to teach a kid to change a tire, I question the value ... I have never in all my decades of driving needed to change a tire :shrug:

if you had to change a tire in order to save a life well then I could see that you would value that

me....no
 
gdgyva said:
some yes, some no

things i would teach to kids

respect for themselves, and others

that knowledge is power, and the more you have, the better off you will be

that books are a pathway into worlds not yet dreamed about

that work is not a dirty word....and that most everyone in life had to work at something to get better at it

that life isnt supposed to be easy....roadblocks are life lessons, and learning to get over, through, or around them is important

that we all suck at something....and it is okay...but we are all good at something too....find out what that is

figure out what you love, what you are passionate about....and then figure out how to make money doing it

and finally that money isnt everything....but it helps get you through a lot of issues....so try to figure out a way to earn as much as you can, and be happy at the same time
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super nice post :thumbs:
 
redress said:
if i drive over a nail, my car lets me know. The high tech tires make it likely i can get to a tire place before it even affects handling. If the tire does go flat, i call an 800 number and my insurance sends some one out to change the tire, they will get there in usually under a half hour.

It is the 21st century...
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yup!...
 
radcen said:
Would you approve teaching these 15 things in school? As mandatory subjects.
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It seems like a weirdly mixed list. I'd suggest some hack just threw it together for an eye-catching article (the source does seem to be a click-bait blog site).

Some of the items sound like they'd already be part of existing lessons (write an essay/email), some sounds like perfectly reasonable elements that could be (the financial and sex-ed related ones), some are way too generic to mean anything ("How to Study") and some seem way too specific to fit in such a short list (proofreading). I agree with others that the car related ones don't need to be learned at school, especially not as mandatory. Thinking about it though, I could see an argument for them being part of the driving test.

This kind of thing also ignores the fact that the school day is already pretty packed with trying (and sometimes failing) to teach kids to read, write and add-up. Anyone suggesting yet more things that should be taught in schools needs to explain what they should replace.
 
I must be old or something...I was taught most of that in school.
 
nota bene said:
Many school districts do offer a short-course for at-risk students on how to open a bank account, fill out a job app, and etc.
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It is taught in economics... accounting... personal finance management already and basics in social studues.
 
Bodhisattva said:
It is taught in economics... accounting... personal finance management already and basics in social studues.
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I think you missed where I said "at-risk" students.
 
I'd like to see a class in middle school and one in high school teaching kids what is expected of them during a police encounter, and why some minor encounters turn deadly.

I had a dad to explain it to me, and I taught my kids how to act.Too many kids dont have that and think they are some above the law bad ass television super thug.
 
nota bene said:
I think you missed where I said "at-risk" students.
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I did. My bad.

At risk kids should not even be in mainstream high school in the first place. Trade schools.
 
Fritz said:
All, but
putting on a condom, seems fine,
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because donning a condom doesn't seem necessary at all to learn even if it practices "safe sex." Some of them also just seems like common sense behavior and I don't think the can be put in schooling doctrine (laundry, changing tires, proofreading, and saying no). Things under this criteria will be difficult to teach in a classroom setting though.
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"Condoms don't protect you from everything.A friend of mine was wearing one and he got hit by a bus."

:lol:
 
Bodhisattva said:
I did. My bad.

At risk kids should not even be in mainstream high school in the first place. Trade schools.
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That's a great idea for some. My school district has something called "ACE"--accelerated completion of the diploma. Some kids who are at risk are so because they need to support their families.
 
shrubnose said:
Children should learn most of those things from their parents.
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Yes, they should...but some parents (for example, drug addicts) aren't able to, which is one reason their kids end up "at risk."
 
Redress said:
If I drive over a nail, my car lets me know. The high tech tires make it likely I can get to a tire place before it even affects handling. If the tire does go flat, I call an 800 number and my insurance sends some one out to change the tire, they will get there in usually under a half hour.

It is the 21st century...
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If this ever happens to you while driving across Wyoming or Montana, prepare to wait a lot longer than half an hour, and better hope you have a cell signal.
 
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