So I'm curious, do they not teach about things like mortgages, interest rates, basic government things like voting is most schools?
I often see people complaining about how school teaches none of the such and thought that I was just lucky to be in one that did, but then I see people that not only went to the same school but sat right next to me though the classes making the same claim. We had a mandatory course that covered basic politic stuff like how to vote and what the parties were about + basically "How to get a job", and bank stuff was covered in math class. I've just always wondered if it's universally a case of people didn't want to listen when they were told math would be important in their life or if that just applies to people I went to school with and it's actually lacking elsewhere.
Edit: like I'm pretty sure I first learned about voting and how it works in grade 2, we had little class room elections with ballots that looked similar to real ones. If not grade 2 then grade 5... I just remember the room
Mmm, my schools had us watch School House Rock, which was fairly informative if you paid attention. Then in high school I had a mandatory semester called, "Government." followed the next semester by, "Economics." The teacher I had for both was a radically hot 25 year old brunette, who was easily pushed off topic by the "preppy" girls. Which was fine with me, because it took a lot of tension off of me, as I was one of the only students paying attention and answering her questions(red in the face, pitching a tent, and sinking in my seat after each answer). Though, I'll be damned if I actually remember any of the class itself. I have a fairly good grasp on the basics of government, the preceding years of school house rock and the odd week or two thrown into, "Social Studies," about USA's government hammered that home. Economics and ***like taxes, mortgages, and all of that stuff? No *** clue.