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.

[manny-the-dino]

... 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. ... And every student should be required to take an arts class, especially music.

I totally agree with the mandatory PE & nutrition classes. At my high school we had to take 2 semesters of PE & 2 semesters of some type of health/nutrition class in order to graduate. And that's nothing, really. Sometimes the activities the teacher made us do didn't even break a sweat. I also agree about the art classes. They should add more classes, imo. Because when I was in high school, the art classes they offered were Art, Ceramics, & Schola Cantorum (choir). I think some more variety would make kids more interested.

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?

Yeah. "/ Which is why they should be mandatory.

And psychology too, only because it really broadens your understanding of human thinking and behaviour and the science behind how you behave can really open your mind to other things.

I really like your psychology suggestion. Didn't think of that one. I also think it would help us with critical thinking to help us think outside of the box, you know? Or actually put some thought into something instead of just stating the obvious.

i think we need to focus on offering more vocational training programs for high schoolers like the way my school did it.In junior and senior year your had the option of going to this school called TCD and you did stuff that perked your interest (auto body technician,firefighter/paramedic sciences,culinary arts,child development, computer networking,graphic design shit like that.

Because lets face it not every kid is going to go off to some expensive ass university to get a degree. and not every kid is book savvy they are the hands on type and these programs really help it blossom out.

So true. The training would help a lot of kids out. Especially now that a lot of seniors in high school don't know what they want to do with their lives. I also think that a course in choosing a career would help a lot.

Second languages other than french and spanish... I want some Japanese or German.

Yes. Because let's face it, spanish & french aren't the only languages in the world. I mean they may be the most common ones but some diversity wouldn't hurt.



Do you guys think our parents should be teaching us these things or schools?