I have attached an article listing 15 life skills that teachers apparently don’t teach. I certainly cover most of these and I would be surprised if many teachers do as well:
1. Basic financial management
I’m not talking about stocks and portfolios (but, okay, those too), I just mean the very simple, very necessary art of budgeting and making household finance decisions. This is one area that kids could use some expert guidance, considering most parents weren’t taught properly themselves.
2. Understanding credit and student loans
A class on interest rates alone would have saved me from a few mega financial blunders.
3. Relationship counseling
We take classes and a test before getting a driver’s license. We take lord knows how many exams before getting into college. We’re even offered a variety of parenting/birthing/breastfeeding classes before having a baby. And yet I could walk into a courthouse with a simple…
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