Basic Life Knowledge Should Be Taught In School (Taxes, Rent, Loans, etc...)

Thank you for responding and you are totally okay! Take all the time needed ha ha. I see what you mean when you say that this only applies to the small percentage of the students and family in the higher classes but we must also must realize the lower classes. My middle to high class city is surrounded by mainly lower-middle to lower class cities that are very rural. What about them? The school district is struggling as it is and they have literally no money left after the necessities for the schools to stay open. The government/education department would be the only place to turn and that would cost an enormous amount of money to keep them open. In my state (Texas) the only class that is given the option to do study hall is the athletics organization and is only given that time after practice and changing in the locker room. What I am really trying to say here is that there is no time for schools, at least in my state, to do it. I do believe that the idea of the online website could help as it is not involved in school and the teacher would not have to use up their time to help. Along with this, to back up the idea over the school periods, most high schools in my area also use a four period day schedule, so a student does not go the same class two days in a row. There is no study hall class option to take so where would the kids in my school take it? Many districts in my area are made up of students that have to work and do school at the same time so adding this class after school or even during school (many use half days to go to designated jobs) would take away from money that their families so desperately need. Also, what if a student is not able to make it into the classes or meetings? Again, my area is very urban and crowded resulting in the classes being extremely crowded (2200 students in a school made for a maximum of 1800-1900) and competitive to get into. Underclassman would be beaten out by the upperclassmen while trying to make it into the class, resulting in them having to wait and deal with another class to take. As for the meetings. if a student is in a sport and another team (UIL team and a sport, an example being Cross Country/Track and a team such as UIL Journalism) they have no time to go to meetings before and after school. Third, my state requires a government/economic class to be taken in Fourth, Eighth, and Twelfth grade so there is already a class added to the Texas curriculum that fulfills that necessity. Adding a little bit more to the conversation, there are far too many 'life skills' to be taught so it would be extremely hard to teach all of them satisfactorily within school curriculum for a year/semester/after school class. Finally, I close with a final statement with one last idea. Many students in high school are not mature enough and would be very unenthusiastic and bored in this specific class/after school club. Along with this, many have testified online that they did have to take a 'life skills' class in school and was no use to them in the long run. In my final statement, Life Skills classes are not needed as they would be too much of a burden on the students, teachers, and school districts. Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity and have an amazing Thanksgiving!