As I recall, those courses are taught in the consumer math classes - remedial stuff for the slower children.
As an aside, I don't have a problem with the public school system's teachings so much - I got through it just fine - but what does scare me is that schools seem to be far more dangerous than they were 15 years ago, and that is not something that any school system can do much about. Security is of course a good thing, but the poverty (minority)-laden schools seem to have real problems. Just this week, officials in the school district that I live in - Mecklenburg county, NC (Charlotte) - had to use tazers twice to students to subdue them. Now of course, people are screaming racism, but I can't think of a reason to not use them when the students are flailing around things like belts at teachers and principles. The wife and I had no idea the school system was so bad until after we bought a house earlier this year. Now I'm seriously considering moving up to upstate NY in a couple of years, where things are quieter (as I recall). Hatton, is this true? I loved the place when I was young. I hope it's still nice. Matthew Small -----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 4:29 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Market Forces Applied to Lower Education I haven't seen a checkbook in years but don't they come with instructions? I never knew they actually taught that in school. On 10/6/05, Ben Doom wrote: > The counter-argument is that the same could be said for math, reading, > history, physics.... Not that I agree with that argument. I'm just > saying that assuming that there is a parent who does have the skill is > just as much of an assumption. > > When I had to sit through a class in HS about balancing checkbooks, what > NSF means, the difference between savings and checking accounts, and > other incredibly boring very basic banking ideas, I was surprised at how > many kids didn't know any of that. Several of them said their parents > didn't have bank accounts at all, either due to bad management, a > distrust of banks, or simply not knowing any better. > > I'm not arguing against parents being involved with their children's > educations. Mine were, and I came out better for it. But I don't think > there's anything wrong with the school teaching about basic personal > finance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=17 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176257 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
