High School Education- Subjects that you've found have no value

[Mr Janny]

PE made me fall in love with wiffle ball and dodge ball. I cant knock it.

1995 Intramural Doubles Pickle Ball Champ, right here.
We also had a mean broom ball team.

I swore to my father that I'd never pick up a pickle ball racquet again. Not after what happened...

 

[bos]

This. I don't know how it was in other schools, but my high school had a single class on this. It was only 1 semester, and it was completely an elective. Not very many people took it. It was basically balancing a checkbook, a for fun stock exchange exercise, and a living on a budget exercise. All good things, but could have been so much more. Could have gone into investing, saving, credit, mortgage, etc. None of that stuff is too advanced for high school kids, and they'd be able to use the information immediately. I never understood why our school didn't focus more on that.

I had an economics class that did all of this. I could have taken that stuff all day. Definitely opened my eyes to things I didnt know existed, hell, Im not even sure my parents had info on most of it. It was great stuff.

 

[ZB4CY]

Lunch.

I eat way better lunches now than I did in high school.

 

[CtownCyclone]

But those things aren't taught in math classes. I don't think they are really taught at all in high schools, at least they weren't in mine.

Interest rates is basic algebra.

 

[SCNCY]

This. I don't know how it was in other schools, but my high school had a single class on this. It was only 1 semester, and it was completely an elective. Not very many people took it. It was basically balancing a checkbook, a for fun stock exchange exercise, and a living on a budget exercise. All good things, but could have been so much more. Could have gone into investing, saving, credit, mortgage, etc. None of that stuff is too advanced for high school kids, and they'd be able to use the information immediately. I never understood why our school didn't focus more on that.

My high school (St. Charles, IL) had an economics class that was one semester that all seniors had to take. We talked about budgeting, mortgages, and retirement stuff. I was actually surprised when I got to college that most schools don't have a class like that.

 

[Clark]

I had an economics class that did all of this. I could have taken that stuff all day. Definitely opened my eyes to things I didnt know existed, hell, Im not even sure my parents had info on most of it. It was great stuff.

they probably need to revamp home ec to include this (if they haven't already, it's been a few years since I was in high school)

 

[Mr Janny]

My high school (St. Charles, IL) had an economics class that was one semester that all seniors had to take. We talked about budgeting, mortgages, and retirement stuff. I was actually surprised when I got to college that most schools don't have a class like that.

Econ was not a requirement at my school, but was less about personal finance as it was about teaching overall economic stuff. Supply vs Demand, the stock market, etc.

 

[bos]

they probably need to revamp home ec to include this (if they haven't already, it's been a few years since I was in high school)

That brings me to another beef of mine. In middle school we took metals, woodworking, home ec, etc It seems like these things are dying these days.

 

[Mr Janny]

That brings me to another beef of mine. In middle school we took metals, woodworking, home ec, etc It seems like these things are dying these days.

I definitely think shop and home ec should be required. Not like all 4 years, but you should have to take them for at least one semester. So much to learn from each of those. Stuff you will use every single day.

 

[CtownCyclone]

This. I don't know how it was in other schools, but my high school had a single class on this. It was only 1 semester, and it was completely an elective. Not very many people took it. It was basically balancing a checkbook, a for fun stock exchange exercise, and a living on a budget exercise. All good things, but could have been so much more. Could have gone into investing, saving, credit, mortgage, etc. None of that stuff is too advanced for high school kids, and they'd be able to use the information immediately. I never understood why our school didn't focus more on that.

I think my high school had an elective class for that as well. Probably was a good class, but it had sort of a "it's for life's losers" stigma attached to it. That might also have been the class where they saddle you with a sack of flour that was supposed to represent a baby that you carried around for like a week.

 

[CtownCyclone]

That brings me to another beef of mine. In middle school we took metals, woodworking, home ec, etc It seems like these things are dying these days.

That was something I missed out on. Wasn't required, and with everything else I was taking, there wasn't room in my schedule. Which is a bit unfortunate, as I enjoy woodworking as a hobby. Luckily, I worked for a master carpenter for a few years in college.

It's not bad to have some hands-on skills, as there are a lot of little things that can be easily fixed for just a few bucks if you know what you're doing.

 

[Bret44]

I definitely think shop and home ec should be required. Not like all 4 years, but you should have to take them for at least one semester. So much to learn from each of those. Stuff you will use every single day.

Umm... I think you mean Industrial Technologies and Human Sciences Mr. Janny.

 

[3TrueFans]

Why me learn English?

 

[Playboi Carti]

algebra 2, **** that class

 

[Mr Janny]

Umm... I think you mean Industrial Technologies and Human Sciences Mr. Janny.

of course. my apologies. I find that I am increasingly a relic of a bygone era,

 

[Bret44]

of course. my apologies. I find that I am increasingly a relic of a bygone era,

 

[isufbcurt]

I use a calculator for almost all math I do. I wish school would have concentrated on that so i wouldn't have been so stressed out trying to learn stuff that I can use a calculator for in the real world.

 

[Mr Janny]

hmm. I prefer this one

 

[Stewo]

My high school (St. Charles, IL) had an economics class that was one semester that all seniors had to take. We talked about budgeting, mortgages, and retirement stuff. I was actually surprised when I got to college that most schools don't have a class like that.

Newton requires (at least did in 2000-2001) a class (I believe it was called economics) that lasts your entire senior year. Pulled more info from that class than any other in high school. We even learned how to balance checkbooks. "Member checkbooks?

 

[jbhtexas]

I had to memorize this in high school algebra class over 30 years ago:

y = (y2-y1) / (x2-x1) * (x-x1) + y1

I used it yesterday in some code I wrote. Although now, they probably teach that in 6th grade...