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This is the issue with this debate. You can find people on both sides with issues. This guy was in the Army reserves and got his weapon from the armory. He also started having schizophrenia episodes earlier this year. If that was known then why was he allowed to remove a weapon from the armory?
Yeah I’m tired of it being about left or right, both parties have crazy people in it. It’s not about party.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anebriated
I don’t think it is, our education system was never geared to tell you how the real world works, that was/is the parents’ job.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anebriated
As a parent myself, I’m going to make sure I teach my child these things.
My wife is absolutely clueless about credit cards, loans and banking. Is she dumb in this area? Yes, she is, but it’s because she’s never had to deal with it, or use it outside of a basic debit card. That’s a failure not on the education system, but more of the parents imo.
It’s not their job to tell them how the real world works but it IS their job to prepare them to enter the workforce. Literally it’s the only thing schools should do. Teachers right now are glorified babysitters.Quote:
Originally Posted by Solkern
Thank you. We may disagree on some things but I appreciate you being reasonable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Solkern
Political ideology is not the cause of gun violence in America, so it shouldn’t even be brought up, or discussed to be honestQuote:
Originally Posted by Suppressed Poet
My oldest son goes to Colorado School of Mines and he is majoring in chemical engineering with a minor in explosives (yeah he will most certainly be on some FBI watch list). He has a pretty good idea of what he wants to do after graduation and a degree in his chosen field is valuable.
My oldest daughter really had no idea what she wants to do after graduation (she has a better idea now). She is going to community college and this May will have all of her basic courses completed that can transfer to any state school in Texas. Doing that saved us several thousand dollars.
The system is flawed. Government funds universities, universities can charge students whatever they want as they get government backed loans, and most students don’t know any better. Kids go to college because they think it’s what is expected and our culture. We need to reform it.
They teach shop and home Ec, they 100% should teach personal finance and other important life skills as wellQuote:
Originally Posted by Solkern
I believe classes such as accounting and what not should be mandatory and core classes, but at the same time, I feel it’s also the parent’s job to teach them about important life skills.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anebriated
When my child gets old enough, I’m going to make sure they take these important classes to prepare them for the real world, while teaching them myself.
I think the issue is parents rely on the education system to teach them everything while failing to teach them anything at home. Every time you go out with your child is an opportunity to teach them about the real world. Honestly, anytime you do anything with your child, is an opportunity for you to instill knowledge and wisdom, most parents just don’t do it.
At my kindergarten there was a girl that came in, on her first day, she shit in the corner of the room. The teachers told the parents about it, and the parents only response was “it’s not my job to teach my daughter, it’s yours”. That’s is the problem.
Accounting is different from personal finance. You’re looking at this with a view of the finance world. The problem we have right now is so many people are financially illiterate that how can they be expected to teach their kids? Just like government and religion gives parallel rules to live life by(a debate for a different day) schools and parents should also be creating parallel learning for their kids.