Apart from the normal lessons, what do you think kids today should be taught?
#1
Biology based on what we have learnt AFTER the 1950’s.
Biological sex. Penis equals boy, vagina equals girl, is not accurate 100% of the time, and that is even before we introduce gender. The teaching of “fact” about pee pees and foo foos determining who you are is damaging people.
#2
Taxes, finance, rent, how to get a job, THE SH*T WE ACTUALLY NEED TO KNOW
#3
Please, please, PLEASE give us actual sex ed! I’ve only ever been taught abstinence, as per district policy, but my old health teacher took it upon herself to at least try to inform us about different types of birth control. We have never actually had any education on it other than that, and a basic overview of what STIs/STDs are. And all of that was from our teacher deciding that we needed to know, and the district couldn’t do anything since she was retiring.
#4
Proper communication. Some kids just haven’t learned this, especially if they’ve lived in an abusive household where they may not have parents that are great role models.
#5
How to not be suicidal
#6
Your rights and freedom stated by the Charters.
How to report a right and freedom violation.
Tenant and Landlord rights and responsibilities.
Worker’s rights.
I learned some of these in school because I was in a work education program that not very many kids got to be in. Some schools don’t have these programs. But I think it’s a great stepping stone:
At least 1 -2 week work experience stints of student’s choosing of participating work sites.
Advanced computer skills.
How to calculate insurance rates.
How to invest money.
Making and putting a budget into action.
Figuring out which banks are best to have an account with and what accounts are best for your needs. (Parents can do this but they tend to be bias.)
An up-to-date guide on how to find jobs classified and unclassified (hidden job market), and how to contact employers to land interviews.
I believe Fine Arts and music should be mandatory. These areas can benefit so much in many ways. A lot of kids are experimenting with creativity. There are things in school kids can access that they can’t at home, but may wish to try.
Gym should be about learning proper work out forms and more about inner workings of how the body works. When I was in Grade 12 Phys. Ed. it was mainly more like Health class. But there should be more visual demonstrations and activities.
Healthy communication and working as a team definitely should be better. School still fails to properly teach students how to share the workload and work together.
#7
Young children should be required to learn to appreciate the entire world’s populations and cultures. I would love to see an updated social studies requirement for first or second graders that includes watching TV shows about all types of families. Where and how they live, eat, work and play with open discussions and Q & A. Andrew Zimmern’s “Family Dinner” for example. Most importantly, home schoolers must be included in this requirement.
#8
Adult life skills. Responsibility, how to get a job, how to save money, how to earn money, how to pay bills, finance, all the things you actually need to survive. Not the square root of pi to the fifth power multiplied by the hypotenuse of xz divided by y which equals zxy.
#9
Here’s some:
Being taught to properly care for animals , being taught how to do taxes, and being taught to not be a Karen (wow I didn’t know id have to add that )
#10
Internet literacy: As in how to be safe on the internet, how to recognize legitimate information versus misinformation or propaganda, how to recognize scams, etc. I know some teachers cover some of this in unrelated classes, but it really should be a formalized, universal requirement and taught early on.
#11
Actual life skills. Like cooking or organization or something. Academics are important but so is real-world experience.
#12
how to deal with life as an adult ig
#13
How to play video games right
Whenever I’m watching yt vids on say mc or doors and someone’s a noob I want to yell into the screen BRO THATS NOT GOW U PLAY THE GAME
#14
How to use measuring tools
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