Economy

My kids graduated high school in the mid 90s and they were required to take ONE COURSE in junior high on life skills. One semester, one hour a day, in seventh or eighth grade. They had no clue what any of the stuff was, and no way to apply it to real life. Writing a check? None of these 12- and 13-year-olds had checking accounts. Making payments on a car loan? They were years away from a learner's permit.

And by the time they're that age, they've been indoctrinated via advertising to consume, consume, consume. Name brands are EVERYTHING.

At least my son and daughter had some grounding in the basics at home, and they never did get snared by the consumer propaganda. But it was damn hard work to fight the prevailing atmosphere at their school, with their friends, on tv, at the mall, EVERYWHERE.

A course that taught responsibility would be seen as socialistic, of course, and would get nowhere.

Why don't progressives run charter schools?


TG