MasterVG71782 on 07 November 2011
| green_sky said: Some good replies. Respect for elders and others is pretty much missing in the western world. I would also like to say basic finance should be taught. I mean does not have to be deep investment scenarios but information about how credit works, credit cards, interest, mortgage and other loans. This one person (a friend of a friend) said they buy most of their stuff using a credit card, which is fine. Than they said it is good because they only have to pay like $10 or so dollars a month (the minimum possible payment). I just didn't have any words to explain to them how freaking stupid of a practice that is when one has to pay 18% interest on credit cards. |
Yeah, some of the classes wouldn't span more than one year (or semester). A finance class wouldn't need to cover anything deep like investments or the like, but simple things like you said. Something like a CPR class wouldn't really need more than one/two sessions, so a general overall health class would be better (better health classes than available), and would include nutrition, CPR, Heimlich and various other things. Schools should be teaching the basics they do now, plus actual practical things.
