I hate american schooling system iin

Grades 1-12 are more about babysitting these days than about education. What else would you expect from a society that places more value on money and lifestyle than family values?
As for college, why would you expect to go for free and why is it institution's fault you didn't pick classes you would benefit from? Don't lay that on the system.

I hate the school system too, iv been to so many different high schools and I think the whole thing is some bullshit working my ass off and getting nothing but letters back, they really want us and expect us to work our ass off for nothing because in the end i guess you can just get your ged and go to a state college anyways sooo??

...Because that's the kind of shit that your parents should teach you?

We teach you the academic portion of worldly learning - which, by the way, is not pointless crap. If you think that it is pointless crap then that's a reason why you hated school. If you can't see the value in your education, in learning how to appreciate literature, learning how to do the Math that a lot of people make careers out of doing and learning how to understand the basics of science and government... information that, if more people PAID ATTENTION TO, would and HAS ALREADY made the world a better place.

You take those classes in college again because there are so many people who don't pay attention to it but get passed in school anyway because the government can't afford to keep you in public school forever and because a lot of students who enter college are adults who have not even seen a high school in a minute and need the refresher.

Personally, I'd love to teach trades, worldly skills and all of that fun stuff but there isn't enough time in the day because, blame the government, we have to teach to common core. At the same time, how the fuck are you going to understand the fine print on the mortgage contract if you read below a 6th grade fuckin' level?

I'm not saying the school system isn't flawed but one of the major flaws in the system is the increasing belief that it is OUR job to teach you how to be an adult and that ALL LEARNING MUST take place at school. Sometimes I wish I could spend more time TEACHING THE MATERIAL than having to try to motivate students or explain to them why they need to know about the government (who to vote for, who is fucking them over, etc.) or how to read and write intelligently. Maybe we wouldn't have to teach to common core if students didn't see the material as "crap" that they don't need to do.

I can't speak for every educator but in my classroom, we (the staff) try literally our hardest, give 110% into trying to provide the best and most engaging education that we possibly can and people still complain. Lose the entitlement complex - the belief that we should work for you and make everything fun and exciting for you and if you're not engaged in the material then it's not your fault that you're making shit scores - and I can guarantee that the school system would improve by leaps and bounds. One of the biggest problems our school system has... "It's not good enough for ME". We can only meet you halfway.

you got COMMON CORE making kids really dumb too. we need to get that out of schools. bill gates and the government made that useless program

Write a check... Just fill in the blanks.

How to invest in something... Open an online trading account or call a broker (few people know or need more information than that), or enroll in an employer retirement account.

Pay bills... follow the instructions for writing a check, or visit the website indicated on the bill and follow the prompts on the site.

File taxes... follow the form instructions, or go to an e-file site and follow the prompts, or visit an accountant or tax preparer.

How to balance a budget... spend an amount each month that is less than or equal to your available funds.

These are really not things that need to be taught.

Not really :)) I mean its pretty good..but everyone always wants get the better.u know

You should try getting experience schooling system in Vietnam :)) then you gonna see how students have been trying to get a ticket to yr country for studying, actually

Over here we get taught all of that in schools

I learned some of that stuff in school. A lot of it was required, like check writing. And I got to pick my classes when I went to college. I enjoy learning so I seek out much of the info that school missed.

But I will agree, they should teach you how to file taxes.

I agree. However, I was home-schooled for the majority of my education and I feel that I was lucky in comparison. Over the years, I have been astounding in the lack of good education in our country. We used to be number 1, but now we have fallen so far. I remember when I was in summer camp (I should've been in high around that time), we wen't to the national space museum and this girl in my group had never learned about the Cold War, the space race, etc! I couldn't believe it! I had previously learned about this some years ago.

My grandmother is a substitute teacher and she told us that schools have stopped teaching their students about The States!!!

We are an embarrassment among the world!

I think the reason that self-reliance is no longer taught in public schools, is because government doesn't want its citizens to be self-reliant. Laws have been passed to infringe on people's rights towards being self-reliant. People have been taken to court. It's so sad.