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Re:Teens' anxiety levels dropped during pandemic, study finds by maccard on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @09:31AM (#24353012)
Children only have a certain amount of time in school. We can't just keep adding subjects that everyone needs to learn. Kids already spend a massive amount of time in school and on homework, so something's got to give if we want to add to the curriculum.
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Re:Teens' anxiety levels dropped during pandemic, study finds by KMnO4 on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @12:33PM (#24354893)
Life skills are not completely disjoint from current curriculum subjects. You don't need to dedicate an hour every day to a class called "Life skills" (and if you did I suspect many children would pay less attention).

Why not use that math class to teach personal finance, mortgage rates, basic economics, etc.

Why not couple English with a stronger focus on proper communication (especially negotiation, conflict resolution)

etc.

Teachers are given a document that says in X weeks you need to cover the following topics/units. Let's fix that document so that we can ensure everyone who graduates the public school system can confidently understand their credit card statement -- regardless of their parental upbringing.

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Re:Teens' anxiety levels dropped during pandemic, study finds by maccard on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @03:21PM (#24356870)
I get your point, but the issue is that people don't grok the link between the fundamentals and day-to-day life.

> Let's fix that document so that we can ensure everyone who graduates the public school system can confidently understand their credit card statement

I'm pretty sure by age 14 my school math problems were along the lines of "John takes out a loan for $x, with a compounding interest rate of Y%, how much does he pay back in total?"

I agree that we could do better at teaching however!

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Re:Teens' anxiety levels dropped during pandemic, study finds by emteycz on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @11:15AM (#24354040)
Right, don't forget that we can remove things too, though
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