What other classes should be required to be taught in (high) school?

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sapphi_snake said:

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.

I agree with general 'respect for others' part, but I disagree with the ideea that elders deserve any special form of respect.

Maybe a general ethics class would be ideal and I think that elders deserve some form of respect, but it depends on the situation.