Things that should be taught in school, but are not.

[AreaCode707]

Choice and consequence should be taught in every class. If you don't choose to do the work, you don't pass. The "tell the parents, tell the counselor, accept late assignments, give extra credit, provide summer school, promote to next grade anyway" type of stuff should not exist unless the kid is doing their absolute best and still failing.
<----- learned this one in my educational process

Basic Applied Logic. "If a = b and b = c then a = ?" If I changed three settings on my computer and my computer immediately stopped working, then how would I troubleshoot it?
<----- learned this one in my educational process

Career Options. "I want to do computers" is not a job. Comprehend the different lines of work, the different jobs available in each area, the skills required for each job and the path to acquire those skills. Kids get out of college without even the vaguest idea of what job options there are, so college definitely didn't prepare them to select a career, much less actually do the job duties. Kids should know in high school what is out there so they can make an educated decision about the direction of their life.
<----- wish someone had taught me this in my educational process

 

[bhanson]

Most people have a very good understanding of money. They just lack impulse control. i see something --> i must have it and i don't care what it takes

So what you're saying is that we need to teach discipline?

I'd agree, but how?

 

[Mr. Lennon]

Choice and consequence should be taught in every class. If you don't choose to do the work, you don't pass. The "tell the parents, tell the counselor, accept late assignments, give extra credit, provide summer school, promote to next grade anyway" type of stuff should not exist unless the kid is doing their absolute best and still failing.
<----- learned this one in my educational process

Basic Applied Logic. "If a = b and b = c then a = ?" If I changed three settings on my computer and my computer immediately stopped working, then how would I troubleshoot it?
<----- learned this one in my educational process

Career Options. "I want to do computers" is not a job. Comprehend the different lines of work, the different jobs available in each area, the skills required for each job and the path to acquire those skills. Kids get out of college without even the vaguest idea of what job options there are, so college definitely didn't prepare them to select a career, much less actually do the job duties. Kids should know in high school what is out there so they can make an educated decision about the direction of their life.
<----- wish someone had taught me this in my educational process

Weren't you home schooled? Who would punish you if you didn't turn in an assignment? I'm sure you parents wouldn't hold you back...

I wouldn't trust the public school system with a system you are asking for here. Many students with learning disabilities come off as lazy. They don't do their work because it is 20x more harder/frustrating for them than a student without disabilities. A school could easily deem that kid a failure and not pass him on to the next grade.

 

[xSauronx]

how to use excel, and why printing spreadsheets is fucking stupid.

/they definitely didnt teach it in uni, because some asshole with her masters did that to me three days in a row last month

 

[IronWing]

gypsy bare-knuckle boxing

 

[szechuanpork]

creation science, abstinence, pro-life...

 

[AreaCode707]

Weren't you home schooled? Who would punish you if you didn't turn in an assignment? I'm sure you parents wouldn't hold you back...

I wouldn't trust the public school system with a system you are asking for here. Many students with learning disabilities come off as lazy. They don't do their work because it is 20x more harder/frustrating for them than a student without disabilities. A school could easily deem that kid a failure and not pass him on to the next grade.

Yeah, I was homeschooled. I failed bio the first time I went through it because I didn't like the curriculum and teaching methods and refused to do the work or did it totally half-assed. I had to do it over again, in a more rigorous environment (and got an A that time.)

 

[AMCRambler]

Problem solving. Not math problems. Real problems. Alot of our curriculums are rote learning. Teach the book, hw from the book and test from the book. They all get real good at regurgitation, but faced with a real world problem, can they come up with a solution? Not the way they are taught these days. If the answer isn't in the chapter, they're stuck.

Took a class in high school called principles of engineering. we were in the tech room and he'd give us a problem to solve. For example: heat one cup of water to 100 degrees without using a flame or fuel source and it had to be done outside. We could use any of the tools and materials in the tech room to build it. Now that's how you teach creative thinking.