how to file my own taxes -should be taught Eating with chopsticks - Personal choice, should not be taught cooking - It is taught, but I had already learned this and sewing before I ever reached a home ec grade
given the massive amount of student debt, I think some basic economics should be taught freshman year of high school, if not earlier. Teach about interest, and how grades matter in getting scholarships etc
and all that needs taught before it becomes an immediate need. Taxes could be taught then too, albeit a tiny bit late for some as I started working in junior high
(yes, I had to file my first taxes before I ever reached high school. I was handed my tax packet, told I was the one that wanted a job and that taxes were a part, so I needed to do it myself)
it might also make people question not only what they want as a major, but whether they even NEED college (I'm of the firm opinion that it's overrated and we need a resurgence of trade schools)
I mean, how many people with art history degrees are working in their field? (outside of my hometown anyway, where there are plenty of galleries for those types )
Other countries really push kids to consider their future, what they're good at and what they want to do. Meanwhile we kinda dick around until they're in college and switching majors etc
Persey: I think a lot of home ec classes have gone here too because of the budget cuts. Even tho I knew some cooking - my mom always had each kid make dinner once a week during the summer - I still learned
Eating with chopsticks - Personal choice, should not be taught
cooking - It is taught, but I had already learned this and sewing before I ever reached a home ec grade