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Edit - I will say that some of the things in there are without question worthwhile. I'd say many people would benefit from the "How to change a tire" part. Both male and female. When I first got a truck and had to change my tire, it took me about 5 minutes to figure out how to put the 4 sections of tire iron together to lower the spare..
Eh.. I took that back in the 80's. More cooking.. Garment repair.. Learned how to tie a needle and thread and sew a button back on.. A skill I still use to this day.. Rarely, but..
I don't recall learning to balance a checkbook in Home Ec.. I think we handled that in one of the math classes. Not that I couldn't extrapolate what we learned in math to know how to do it anyway. And.. Not that I ever balanced my bank account anyway.. Just keep a running total in my head and it's pretty accurate.
I'd be curious to see what the curriculum of this class is..
I'm not sure that these classes need to be tax-payer funded (and maybe they're not...)
I'm over 60 and I've NEVER changed a tire, even though my dad showed me and my siblings when I was about 17 or 18. I thought way back then "yeah...I'm not going to do that." And I've never ever had to. Change my oil? Pfft. I'll go to Jiffy Lube. Thanks.
Knowing how to balance a checkbook? Why? Nearly every teenager carries around a smart phone that can tell you the balance in your checking acount at any given moment. Is it REALLY the best use of tax dollars to teach that to a teenager? And if it must be taught, can't it be taught in math class?
Stuff like that. IMO, the best use of tax dollars for these teens is how to get the most use out of a smart phone, the best apps, and so on and so forth.
I'm not sure that these classes need to be tax-payer funded (and maybe they're not...)
I'm over 60 and I've NEVER changed a tire, even though my dad showed me and my siblings when I was about 17 or 18. I thought way back then "yeah...I'm not going to do that." And I've never ever had to. Change my oil? Pfft. I'll go to Jiffy Lube. Thanks.
Knowing how to balance a checkbook? Why? Nearly every teenager carries around a smart phone that can tell you the balance in your checking acount at any given moment. Is it REALLY the best use of tax dollars to teach that to a teenager? And if it must be taught, can't it be taught in math class?
Not changing your oil, checking it. Which yes, everyone should know how to do seeing as if you don't have oil in your car you won't have a car for long. Changing a tire.. Sure, we all say "Ah, I have Triple A" or roadside assistance or whatever.. Until you're out in the middle of nowhere with no cell reception at 2am with a flat tire.
Bank account balancing.. Yeah.. Something of a dying thing. Didn't say the class taught it.. I brought that up when discussing Home Ec.
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Stuff like that. IMO, the best use of tax dollars for these teens is how to get the most use out of a smart phone, the best apps, and so on and so forth.
Yeah.. Spend the tax dollars on the ONE thing that today's high school senior knows how to do perfectly.
Changing a tire.. Sure, we all say "Ah, I have Triple A" or roadside assistance or whatever.. Until you're out in the middle of nowhere with no cell reception at 2am with a flat tire.
I can't think of any reason why I would ever be in the middle of nowhere at 2am (or anywhere other than my bed at 2am for that matter). And these days I'd have to work really really really hard to find someplace with no cell reception.
But without the sewing part. I taught my son sewing. Told him he will need that skill once he's on his own. He had girlfriends bringing their stuff over because they didn't know how to sew.
As far as cars..I've had AAA since I don't remember when.
For me it's gas, air in tire, windshield wiper fluid.
I hate the term "adulting" which, in itself is juvenile and thus misses the point (or maybe it makes it?), but I think this is a good idea assuming the skills taught are useful, real world skills. Like how to make a budget, how to plan a weeks worth of balanced meals for cheap, how to fix simple things around the house, basic auto maintenance, etc.
I also agree that much of what I can assume the curriculum would consist of are things that used to be taught in Home Ec and Shop, programs that no one complained about paying taxes to support up until the '90s when such things were cut from schools.
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