A flicker of light at the end of a dark, dark tunnel.

[asphaltjunkie]

Oklahoma schools required to teach high school students to manage finances


http://newsok.com/article/3936334

[coley]

Something that should have been done a long long time ago..

[BlackGT]

I don't see it helping much. Kids will do the work to get the grade, then not remember or use any of what they learned because they know Mommy and Daddy will be there to help/bail them out when they run out of money...

Maybe they should make it mandatory to have a job once you turn 16, so they can learn what it's like to be responsible...

[Forever_frost]

I don't see it helping much. Kids will do the work to get the grade, then not remember or use any of what they learned because they know Mommy and Daddy will be there to help/bail them out when they run out of money...

Maybe they should make it mandatory to have a job once you turn 16, so they can learn what it's like to be responsible...

I don't know, Quinlan taught me basic economics and checkbook balancing and it's stuck with me. I'm all for, however, giving students the option to do trade school instead of traditional school once you hit 16 because some people just aren't PhD material.

[2011GT]

I don't see it helping much. Kids will do the work to get the grade, then not remember or use any of what they learned because they know Mommy and Daddy will be there to help/bail them out when they run out of money...

Maybe they should make it mandatory to have a job once you turn 16, so they can learn what it's like to be responsible...

A job at 16 doesn't teach responsibility. That's the job of the parents. They need finances in high school. This is great news.

[Back N Black]

A job at 16 doesn't teach responsibility. That's the job of the parents. They need finances in high school. This is great news.

This

[silverhatch]

I don't know, Quinlan taught me basic economics and checkbook balancing and it's stuck with me. I'm all for, however, giving students the option to do trade school instead of traditional school once you hit 16 because some people just aren't PhD material.

That is a good option.

[Gasser64]

we all know that

we need education reform

[racrguy]

I don't know, Quinlan taught me basic economics and checkbook balancing and it's stuck with me. I'm all for, however, giving students the option to do trade school instead of traditional school once you hit 16 because some people just aren't PhD material.

I don't have a problem with this, but only if they teach the major courses as well. We can't have entire generations of illiterate people who don't know anything about history, math, or science. All of that shit is important.

[Forever_frost]

I don't have a problem with this, but only if they teach the major courses as well. We can't have entire generations of illiterate people who don't know anything about history, math, or science. All of that shit is important.

If you're 16 and can't read, write, do basic math or understand basic science, you're not going to learn it the last year and a half.

[racrguy]

If you're 16 and can't read, write, do basic math or understand basic science, you're not going to learn it the last year and a half.

Some of it can only be taught in HS because it requires abstract thinking capabilities.

[Gasser64]

i think they need to teach some basic auto maintenance as well as a few other things

All my school life every adult at the school made it sound like we were all going to be rich and not have a care. Teach people how to get through a normal life

There were girls who had no fathers who never knew you had to change motor oil... seriously. They didnt have a lot of money so when that motor goes of course it just makes their life harder