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What "Life Skills" class do you think every graduating high schooler should have?

December 24th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

I teach "Life Skills and Personal Finance" to high school seniors. I want to come up with a good list of "skills" that I can teach these young men and women before they are off on their own. Some of what we already cover includes:
● Banking
● Resume & Cover Letters
● Basic Budgets
● Spreadsheets (Excel)
● The Expenses of a Child

What other things can I include? Thanks!

Credit management, utility companies; how they work, apartment management people; how they work, introduction to tax returns and with holdings, inter net scams, interview skills, an over view of the challenges of caring for an elderly parent/child with disabilities. I’m sure I could come up with more, but this is all I can think of right now.

It’s a good thing teaching the youngsters life skills. The world is complicated and cruel if you don’t know what’s going on.

  1. bluelotussmellslikebananas
    December 24th, 2012 at 22:45 | #1

    Credit management, utility companies; how they work, apartment management people; how they work, introduction to tax returns and with holdings, inter net scams, interview skills, an over view of the challenges of caring for an elderly parent/child with disabilities. I’m sure I could come up with more, but this is all I can think of right now.

    It’s a good thing teaching the youngsters life skills. The world is complicated and cruel if you don’t know what’s going on.
    References :

  2. Charley
    December 24th, 2012 at 23:27 | #2

    Forget all that BS.
    Let’s get real.

    It should be mandatory for all boys and girls (men and women) to learn :
    How to ccok – basic skills
    How to do laundry – basic skills
    auto mechanics – basic skills – some as simple as to how to put gas in their car, put oil in their car.
    References :
    I got more.

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