What do you think should be taught in the school system?

Thats a great idea!!

Both very good ideas!  I only have really young kids, I wonder if there are schools out there that cover these topics in their curriculum?

I WORK IN THE SCHOOL LUNCH ROOM AND I SAY YES TO BOTH YOUR IDEAS

Agreed.

I think children should be educated in Science, Math and ENGLISH.  Forget the Politics and the Mother Earth worship and the brain washing by the leaders of the NEA.  We need to get back to the basics and teach children that some people succeed and some fail, and forget about how everyone'feels' about each other.  Kids always have and always WILL experiment with tobacco, drugs, alcohol and being rebelious to their parents and the system.  Just thank God that they grow up in a country that they can do these things (at least for now they can).

Our school have different programs they do through out the year, one week it could be about drugs, then sex education, then alcohol, it great for the children to learn all the things. We also have homemaking class for cooking and cleaning, sewing. Baby class that teaches everything about children, which they have to care for a baby that has a computer chip in its back. We have a business class in high school to introduce kids about money, banking, saving, paying bills! I think in my high school they teach alittle of everyday things. My 4 year old learned about the drugs and alcohol and tobacco in class when she was in Pre-K! I hope school continue to teach kids the everyday basic in life!

Proper hand tool use and maintenance should be taught.

Future consumers of products and services need some sort of base knowledge about tools and DIY procedures.

Informed consumers are smart consumers.

Smart consumers value their products enought to read instructions on use and care.

People who understand how their products work, can keep better care of the products, or be willing to invest money in someone else keeping care of the products.

Children need to learn reading, writing and math. Then they need to be taught to be tolerant of others and to be kind to others.

I think those are good Ideals.I also think swimming should be taught in all schools because so many kids do not know how.

Real life skills.  Balancing a checkbook, credit, ect.......And I would half to agree with AdamO.

I believe the aforementioned ideas are all great, however, I also believe that children should be taught these subjects with critical thinking skills and problem solving. It seems to me that so many curriculums now are geared toward passing the state mandated tests to receive grades for a school. Once the child performs well and the school receives its grade what has the child learned in the long run? How to memorize well?

    Both of those ideas are very good, schools should have a broad based learning system, so that all children benefit from it, and that the things they learn will begin preparing them for the big world out there.

yes! I don't know how to cook, sew, or fix anything around the house. I was never taught in school. My mom worked all the time and didn't know how herself so she couldn't teach me. That is a great idea!

Math! Not the funnest subject but definitely one of the most useful.

Well any home-ec or shop class would be a good idea.  And what do you mean Mother Earth worship?  Earth Study is a great thing to learn.  We are making great progress in cleaning up our declining planet.  If we do not teach how to continue this, we will only be worse off.

Spelling! After reading a lot of posts on this forum, kids need to be taught that "there", "their", and "they're" are not interchangeable. Neither are "your" and "you're" and "its" and "it's". Also, "here" and "hear", "break" and "brake", "would of" instead of "would have", and "lieing" instead of "lying"!

Math, grammar, english, sports, tools, cooking... everthing important, yes... but I agree with jfrancis3317: ..."to be tolerant of others and to be kind to others.".  This should be taugh not only in school, but starting at home. 

Got an "A++" in that one jfrancis3317!

Our schools have gotten away from the 3 r's and need to return there.  Not all children learn the same way and standardized testing serves no use.  Home-Ec and Shop classes are essential especially in these economic downtimes.  Part of the Home-Ec and Shop classes should include the use & care of gardening/farming equipment and the basics of gardening/farming for sustainability.  Without the 'Mother Earth Worship'  you would not have your high priced steak, crab, caviar and high class 'baby vegetables'.  Too many kids nowadays do not know where their foods come from (other than the grocery store).  Our local school system does have program for tobacco & drug/alcohol use but as another poster stated - they will experiment.  Kindness and tolerance are all good qualities but critical thinking and idealism are important also.

 We should concentrate on teaching Math, Grammar, English, Science and History. If they learn these they will have a foundation for higher education or the ability to live a productive and happy  life

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