What Should be taught in Schools?

[Nazis in Space]

What's best in life, of course.

[Laurenthea]

Apart from the basic subjects taught in all schools, students should also be financially literate and have a good grasp on how to handle taxes and wealth once they grow up.

[Valentine Z]

I am going to be a bit lazy and copy-paste what I have posted a while back as an OP. Here it is. ^^

- First Aid (Up to 59% of 'pre-hospital' deaths from injury could potentially be prevented if more people stepped in with some simple first aid, according to new research commissioned by the British Red Cross and conducted by the University of Manchester. This is for UK alone, but I'm sure the same sentiments apply for other nations).

- Basic shelter building and construction. I think using power tools and basic safety measures should apply here.

- Firearms safety. This one's a bit controversial and I am not here to talk about gun control, but regardless of Nerf, BB, paintball, blanks, or live rounds... I think it's safe to say that everyone should at least know about the basic discipline! I have heard horror stories about people poking each other's eyes out because of poor BB or paintball impulses.

- Mechanical skills, mainly towards working on your motorbikes or your cars, e.g. changing a flat tire.

- Basic sewing to patch up those bits rather than throwing the entire cloth away.

- Basic swimming skills. You don't necessarily need to be an Olympian swimmer, but if you live near the waters, you probably must at least know how to float.

- Basics of Taxes and Finances. Knowing different tax forms, filling them up, etc, etc.

- Basic understanding of law and court proceedings. You don't need to be a bona-fide part-time lawyer, but know your laws well and you will (probably) be fine if you somehow got into trouble.

- Social skills? Again, might be controversial, but things such as spatial awareness (realising that you are blocking the doorway or in the middle of a sidewalk), or self-awareness / self-actualization.

- Basic house maintenance - includes plumbing and electrical skills, e.g. fixing a toilet, fixing that pesky wiring...

- Danger awareness. This is a very broad term, but I will list down stuff like cybersecurity (please DO NOT doxx yourself, go to weird websites, etc etc), or checking if that puddle of water is deep or shallow. Kinda overlaps with social skills in a way.

- Basic cooking skills! I missed this one out, sorry! I think this is much more important than ever, given the situation! You don't need to be a gourmet chef, but you at least need to know how to cook some stuff properly to not starve.

- Critical inference, not just blindly believing in something. It's not to conspire against everything, but I think it's good if people started wondering "Wait, is this real?" and make a simple search before that Facebook post asks you to spread the message.

Mind you, not all of them at once. Just offer them as options, but you absolutely must take one.

[The Caleshan Valkyrie]

Critical Thinking
Science/Engineering (can be tailored to specific areas)
Comprehensive Sex-Ed
Study Skills/Time Management
Maybe even stress management

[Luckyon]

Finances, accepting change in ones life, it’s ok to not have the answers, it’s ok to not follow the “timelines” that others abide by. Remember in high school I combined work and study, it wasn't easy but I found writing service where I could buy lab report and save my time. These guys helped me with all my writings. Great option for working students.

[Western Fardelshufflestein]

Critical Thinking
Science/Engineering (can be tailored to specific areas)
Comprehensive Sex-Ed
Study Skills/Time Management
Maybe even stress management

I can't manage my time and have anxiety disorder, so yee.
Seriously, I'm in class right now
On NS
Bad timey wimey managey

[Illu-chi]

Critical Thinking
Science/Engineering (can be tailored to specific areas)
Comprehensive Sex-Ed
Study Skills/Time Management
Maybe even stress management

I can't manage my time and have anxiety disorder, so yee.
Seriously, I'm in class right now
On NS
Bad timey wimey managey

I've taken time management classes and they are all garbage and don't teach you how to manage your time.

[Sengoku Americas]

Critical Thinking
Science/Engineering (can be tailored to specific areas)
Comprehensive Sex-Ed
Study Skills/Time Management
Maybe even stress management

Stress management would definitely be useful, and I also wish more schools had therapy.

[The Central Union of Nation States]

I was thinking classes such as gardening, taxes, finances and the base meanings of financial terms, as well as nutrition and health. I do enjoy seeing the expanded sciences and also preparedness going into things like vocational or trade schools as well as college and having more career based stuff for later school years.