Has anyone learned any of the following at school?
* How to distinguish between good and bad debt, sort your personal finances, manage your purse, pay taxes correctly and what to be insured for.
* How to ride a bicycle safely, how to ride a car or motorcycle and what the do’s and don’t are in traffic.
* How to cook healthy dinners. The positives and negatives of different foods, getting acquainted with food from different cultures.
* How to handle employment and unemployment, benefits, how to seek employment abroad and locally, differences in pension schemes, ISA’s etc
* How to not get pregnant to get a girl pregnant before a graduation or a few career steps.
.. I know the parents need to teach children certain things and values, but if you spent just wee bit of time around Manchester estates you know it’s a flawed concept. Especially financial education needs to be a school subject, surely.. It’s not a state responsibility until we all crumble under a credit crunch?
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Stacy - said
September 22 2010 @ 09:21
Most of those things were covered in my schools. But ALL of them should be covered by parents.
budda m - said
September 22 2010 @ 09:21
Err thats what your parents are for, school is purely to learn social skills and get little bits of paper.
lazlouz2001 - said
September 22 2010 @ 09:21
I teach in a primary school, and we teach your second, third and last points. Most schools do these days…
banoffeetart - said
September 22 2010 @ 09:21
if you went to the school i went too then you wouldnt of paid a blind bit of notice anyway! too busy going on strike and bowling it around the school causing havoc. oh dear. lol
JMMMMMM - said
September 22 2010 @ 09:21
I think most of the things you mentioned you should learn from your parents. Ask them if you need to know, you might discover they know more than you think.
Kellie - said
September 22 2010 @ 09:21
Why do people rely on schools to teach everything?
These things need to be taught by the family. It’s not the state’s job to raise our kids.
puffed out - said
September 22 2010 @ 09:21
why do you want to grow up too soon, let nature take its course?
chris d - said
September 22 2010 @ 09:21
You cant put an old head on young shoulders.
cat_woman_here_2_save_the_day - said
September 22 2010 @ 09:21
lol…..ma school teaches most of those
John - said
September 22 2010 @ 09:21
Because they don’t want you to grown up and think for yourself
They want to control you.
Jon - said
September 22 2010 @ 09:21
A lot of that stuff you must learn through experience. You don’t need a teacher to tell you how to live your life. Read up on things yourself before you make a decision.