Classes that should be taught in high school. Rating Options

[manny-the-dino]

I was going to put this in School but since it turned into a debate in my English class, I figured it would turn into one here as well.


My professor brought this up yesterday. He sent us some articles to read. One here & the other here. Those of you in high school, what do you think they should be teaching you? And those of you who are out of high school, what do you wish they taught you? A lot of people said finance for sure. And anything credit related as well. Social skills also came up. With texting & all that, some kids don't even know how to form complete sentences anymore. Some guy in my class said that he thinks our parents should be teach us these things instead of schools. I dk. I was going to say some other things but they slipped my mind :(



So, DEBATE!


Oh wait, here's a list of possibilites:

• Credit
• Finance
• Environmental
• Compositing
• Relationships
• Parenting
• CPR
• Meditation
• Social class
• How to read financial terminology / contracts

[hi-C]

A basic level finance or economics class, definitely. So kids'll learn that money doesn't grow on trees. I'd also like to see PE mandatory all four years and perhaps a nutrition class (like for real, none of that stupid stuff you do in Health class). It'll help with adolescent obesity. When I was in school, we definitely didn't take finance and PE was only mandatory for one year. And every student should be required to take an arts class, especially music.

[Joanne]

A basic level finance or economics class, definitely. So kids'll learn that money doesn't grow on trees.

I know for a fact that a lot of people would hate this class, but it really would be extremely helpful. And even if schools don't provide these kinds of courses, English classes should require students to read Rich Dad, Poor Dad or something similar to it. I still have yet to read it, but my mom and sister's boyfriend keep bringing up how amazing it is.

I'd also like to see PE mandatory all four years and perhaps a nutrition class (like for real, none of that stupid stuff you do in Health class). It'll help with adolescent obesity.

My high school required PE for grades 8 to 10, and then we were required to take either a PE class in grade 11/12 or fulfill 80(?) hours of physical activity (a lot of people cheated on this, of course) in order to graduate. Even though it sometimes felt like a major pain, I'm glad we had that requirement; there are so many people who don't do any physical activity/exercise at all and this at least kind of gets people off their asses to some degree.



A lot of the possible courses Natalia listed seem helpful and all... but I think if those classes were available, not many people would sign up for them and they'll just get shut down. Or people would take them because they're 'easy As' and not really take them seriously. And how do you even grade people on things like relationships and meditation?