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

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I really can't think of a way it could be done without more or less brainwashing students to be subservient anyway. You can't force respect, at least not real respect. I was generally a polite and well-behaved kid, but there was this one time in driver's ed where the teacher kept forcing me to call her "ma'am." I was being perfectly respectful towards her, wasn't talking back or anything (my mom's from up north, hates being called ma'am because it makes her feel old, and so I simply wasn't brought up to refer to people that way). But I completely disagreed with the way she was demanding deference, and therefore continually replied "okay" instead of "yes ma'am." Anyway, you can't make kids act in a certain way, if only because teens are generally way too contrary in nature to go along with that shit.

[*BOSS*]

Anyway, you can't make kids act in a certain way, if only because teens are generally way too contrary in nature to go along with that shit.

Yes you can. Kids obviously don't know whats best for them. All the classes you took in high school you knew was bullshit but you learned it for the greater good later on in life.

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Yes you can. Kids obviously don't know whats best for them. All the classes you took in high school you knew was bullshit but you learned it for the greater good later on in life.

There's a pretty big difference between learning information and being made to respect people. It's a slippery slope to blind subservience.

[*BOSS*]

There's a pretty big difference between learning information and being made to respect people. It's a slippery slope to blind subservience.

They are the same thing. Learning information is the broadest thing you could've said. Anything is information. The fact that your name is Nicki is one right there.