The other day I posted Life Skills – How to Reconcile a Checkbook which I actually did learn in elementary school long ago in the 1980s in New York and revisited in middle school in the 1990s.
I’ve seen videos about a dad who teaches kids with no dad how to do basic tasks like changing a tire.
So the question comes to mind…
What is the one thing that should be taught in school that isn’t already?
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Life skills like budgeting and money management! This would really help, especially as people impulse buy a lot more and have no idea about the harsh consequences of pay later schemes
I know! Right? No one ever teaches you about how to do your taxes! You can get arrested if that goes wrong so you’d think they would teach you how to do that!
Exactly! Something everyone needs to learn how to do as well. It would make more sense and could be seen as ‘applied maths’ really!
Wellness, we learn how to do a lot of things but not how to be well and good
Especially since COVID hit I’m hearing a lot of parents who wish their kids were learning ways to deal with stress. The ABCs are important but having a more well rounded education that included books, mental and physical health would seem to be what people want.
Social and Emotional Skills, managing hard to have feelings, coping skills, mindfulness. I am trying to bring this into my daily work with my prek students.
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