Classes that should be taught in high school. |
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Classes that should be taught in high school. |
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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:
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![]() I'm Jc ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 ![]() |
i took a class that was a "trial" class and it was called something like "building wealth" or something. we learned about everything from how to balance a check book, to how the stock market works, to having people who work at banks come and talk to us about credit and things like that.
i think everyone should have a class like that, and they need to make sure it's "hands on" in a sense. they should have real businessmen and women come and talk about stuff. they should have to balance an actual check book. also when we learned about the stock market we played a stock market simulation thing, where you would actually get a designated amount and invest in companies of your choice on this site online. then we had to keep up with it through out the whole semester, selling and buying as we saw fit and keeping up with the actual stock market to make our decisions off of. |
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![]() Has a PhD in horribleness ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Member Posts: 866 Joined: Sep 2008 Member No: 686,301 ![]() |
also when we learned about the stock market we played a stock market simulation thing, where you would actually get a designated amount and invest in companies of your choice on this site online. then we had to keep up with it through out the whole semester, selling and buying as we saw fit and keeping up with the actual stock market to make our decisions off of. I lost so much money the day the PS3 came out. Sony's stock just plummeted... not actual money of course. I had a few seperate classes that kind of added up to what you mentioned. We had a business class, most of the first semester was balancing finances. Our school has an economics class thats mandatory. If you want there is also an accounting class. |
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![]() I'm Jc ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 ![]() |
I lost so much money the day the PS3 came out. Sony's stock just plummeted... not actual money of course. I had a few seperate classes that kind of added up to what you mentioned. We had a business class, most of the first semester was balancing finances. Our school has an economics class thats mandatory. If you want there is also an accounting class. yeah i was invested in apple, and then they did some update of some kind and my money sky rocketed. i was like f*ck yeah i love the stock market. i ended up losing all that though. |
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