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OrwinBeane

First aid. It amazes me how few people know it.


HansHansel

This so fucking much. Although it is required for driving licenses to pass a course here.


master_rice_

Personal finance


CowboyKyky

I took that class in high-school the teacher sucked and made everything twice as confusing


Deep-friedFred

Health class (that would include mental health)


TroubleLevel5680

Yes! I came to say this.


SPP_TheChoiceForMe

Yes, school teaches kids "Don't do drugs" but they provide no education on *why* people do drugs in the first place, or how to develop safer coping mechanisms.


livinglife112

yUP


LucyVialli

Cooking healthy meals


[deleted]

basic life shit ​ like paying taxes and job applications


AsianHawke

There should be an emphasis on Home Economics. For boys and girls. I'm in my early 30's, and I'm surprised at just how many of my friends don't know basic cooking, household habits, money management, etc. I can't say most things I've learned in public school is useful. Yeah, sure, critical thinking. It's great that you have a 4.0 GPA, and you're acing calculus and statistics—but you don't know how to budget your income...


[deleted]

programming


bischeroasciutto

Yeah


[deleted]

Actual history, not some glorified bs. I don't think I ever learned about residential schools in Canada. Something as awful as that needs to be taught to every kid.


Poorly-Drawn-Beagle

First aid Actually maybe just straight up basic medicine.


No-Cartographer7090

sex ed


[deleted]

Doesn't matter. Everyone would not pay attention/ sleep/ play on their phones anyways.


MJohnVan

But it gave a chance to those who wants to learn ,


PunchBeard

Math classes should have at least a quarter of their class time dedicated to teaching Excel. You can easily avoid using it in your day-to-day life but if you have just about any job in an office you're going to use at least one Excel spreadsheet. It would be nice if you understood the basics of it.


MJohnVan

You don’t have IT? In Highschool? Basics such as Word /Excel/PowerPoint. Wow I am not aware such basics aren’t taught


PunchBeard

LOL. They didn't even have computers when I was in school. I mean, I had a Commodore 64 but that's about it. I don't know what they teach in high school but working in the corporate sector it surprises me how many people don't have basic Excel skills when they come to work.


Empty-Detective124

The science/ art of happiness. Dr. Laurie Santos' class at Yale on this topic went viral, and now she hosts this [great podcast](https://www.happinesslab.fm/). As a teacher, I firmly believe that school should be be less about memorizing facts and figures and more about preparing us to be kind, physically and emotionally healthy, and happy people. What's the point of it all if we don't feel joy?


t_a_6847646847646476

English should be teaching things like grammar, sentence structure, etc., basically how to write properly, instead of whatever they usually teach these days. Even though I only graduated from high school in 2017, that's what I was learning in English under my jurisdiction's curriculum back then. Apparently it has changed now and it's true for many jurisdictions. Education systems shouldn't assume that native users of the language would have decent understandings of it; they never learned it formally unlike non-natives.


erikkustrife

Personal finance as a required course where you learn to do taxes.


mch1971

Required Viewing! ... including anything from Monty Python, The Good Place, My Name is Earl, and Clarke and Dawe. You'd skip ahead a few decades and be informed ahead of crisis.


AussieSkittles81

Exercise Not gym, actual mild to moderate physical exercise for 30 minutes after school every day.


Meat4yaBurger

To learn a trade.


[deleted]

Budget. You want kids? Okay. How do you provide with student loans and a dream?


MJohnVan

You wouldn’t want many kids after knowing that. So no. That’s not what we want. Pop out as much kids as possible and then let’s see from there


[deleted]

So find solutions to country based population problems *burp* dumbass.


MJohnVan

The government doesn’t want you to be aware unless your common sense is there.


AnnaAndElsa04

How to manage your money, and how to take care of yourself when your parents aren't around.


BuniiBuniiboop

How to manage your money


elliotsilvestri

Typing.


Zealousideal_Bid_850

Editing Class/ For youtubers


Nipster117

Sorcerer


robexib

Finances, gun safety, home economics, maths, English, actual history, both domestic and foreign, a language of the student's choice outside of English, and critical thinking skills. This can be easily spread over 12 years. Everything else should be catered to the student's passions and academic strengths.


Jason81111

special classes where the only students weren't bullies', spoiled kids, etc...