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[–] Pirata@lemm.ee -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

It's not a take, it's how children (and adults, frankly) feel about school. It's not great at making you a capable adult.

Do you know how useful my two diplomas were to get a job? Nothing. Zero. Zilch. None of the theories I learned were useful, neither on the job nor for their own sake.

As for middle school, exactly what did you learn that you think is so useful for daily life? I'd happily replace learning "how to discover x in n dimensions" with basic financial literacy, for example.

The latter years of the school system are quite literally a waste of time. The useful stuff you learn before high school.

[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Lmao. You think kids are going to be any more interested and pay more attention in a financial literacy course than they are about arbitrary math problems. I have some bad news for you about finance. It's full of math.

[–] Pirata@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Except that personal finance (which of what I'm referring to) is mostly arithmetic, while high school (and a good chunk of middle school) math is mostly algebra.

The moment letters come into the equation (no pun intended) is when you start to lose me. And its usefulness on a day-to-day basis.

[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Sorry but financial literacy requires more than 5+5. And if you can't understand the concept of a variable there are more problems then the course work here.

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