Rant maybe I wish schools would teach kids how to do taxes. Sometimes the questions i see you can…

Who needs tax knowledge when you know the radius of a circle ?

edit: i agree!!

We had a class that taught us about taxes in high school. I thought schools had that.

Taxes, how to clean your house, how to budget, and basic cooking and auto maintenance should be taught.

I've never used algebra or any math higher than basic in my life.

Agree with pp. I still know all about the Pythagoream theorum. Never used it and never will. Would be much better to have learned taxes or even accounting.

We had classes that taught stuff like that but they aren't mandatory and kids usually select the fun classes for their electives.

Classes that teach you life basics should be required. Our high school got rid of classes like that. People would be better prepared for life after school if they made them mandatory.

Yeah I took a class like @TC says but I wish I would had paid attention about the doing your own taxes!

But that stuff isnt on the state tests, so it’s just not important, you know. ?

Schools are so...ugh...these days.

I agree. Plus many more life subjects

Yes!

Why don’t you teach them? Schools aren’t responsible for every aspect of education.

ETA sorry that reads as rude. I mean, we as parents can teach life skills, because the schools only teach to test.

It was mandated for us to Economics as a Senior. I took AP. We definitely learned about taxes and budgeting.

How to clean your house, budget, and basic auto maintenance sound like things parents should be teaching their kids. It honestly blows my mind that people think it’s the responsibility of schools to teach that stuff.

Pp I’m going to teach my kids about taxes and how to file. I’m more so talking about adults now asking that are easily found on the tax website

It may not be the schools responsibility but some parents (like my mom) didn’t teach me crap so it’d be nice to know helpful things for being on my own instead of a drama class. As an elective it’d be a good idea imo

I grew up having to learn everything via school, as pp mentioned. I was not able to rely on my mother, unfortunately. She did teach me How to clean/cook @6yrs+

As a young adult... 17, 18, 19... some of that responsibility falls on their shoulders to seek out that knowledge. In this day & age it is easy to find information on those things (cleaning, auto maintenance). Where is the personal responsibility? Again, I do not feel that these things are the responsibility of the school.

And I agree with @Under about providing more career-focused & interest-based coursework once students reach high school.

Also learning about insurance. So many people have no idea what a deductible or coins Iran was is or why they are paying part of what was billed. My parents taught me all this stuff, not the school. It’s our responsibility to educate our kids for the world.