I was taught all this at school in some form in the 70's. Now get off my lawn.

And marxism 101

And civics.

It's not this hard. Sure those things, but math, science, history. The rest will take care of itself.

I would also add media literacy to the list

So corporations can start using children as cheaper labor. Yeah, good idea

A lot of these are for parents to do. If we cut out state testing we could fit the rest in without any mod to the curriculum

Great! Where's the reading, writing and arithmetic?

Proof reading for spelling mistakes like.....'mangement.'

Dealing with grief skills.

This is interesting. My older sons had a lot of these with the addition of civics. That was in 2016-2020. My youngest is currently a junior in high school and does not have a lot of these available to her. Same area just with changes due to budget cuts.

History

Civics-know how your government works.

Civics is taught in the students senior year

Not here in Tennessee

Yes it is: www.tn.gov/content/dam/...

Once upon a time…

Plus gardening.

Can you imagine lesson plans for social etiquette state to state?

Touché

I used to teach 1 lesson in table manners right before Thanksgiving.

What to pack for a riot.

Luckily, when the DOE falls apart we can rewrite the curricula and make this so.

The Departmentof Education has never controlled what is taught in the classroom. Contact the school district and your state reps, they're the ones who made those decisions.

So yeah, when the DOE falls, if states have resources, the above things could be taught because decisions would not be dependent on Fed money. Adults would have to care about kids though and most don't.

*many The good ole boys, zionists are everywhere. As is capitalism and patriarchal frameworks. Additionally, the world is adultist. Kids are not really regarded or honored.

Then districts have superintendents making $250k as an industry standard, ripping communities off there because nany Boards have no idea what students need.

Correct. It has mandated some things(Common Core,ugh). It guides certain testing standards. States interpret and districts apply them. DOE enforces IDEA-well did. If districts deviate from those standards, they fail tests and loose funds. Creating worker bees. Not thinkers or creators.

As electives, yes. Otherwise the majority of those should be taught by parents and family.

I was thinking along those lines, too. Most of those things were things that used to be picked up at home.

Critical thinking is a big deficiency in America!

Problem-Solving, and Teamwork too

That is incorporated into courses.

And conflict resolution.

Where is history? Most of the hallmarks of the hostile government takeover could have been recognized by a populace with a proper history education. Joe, you had a liberal arts education where you learned critical thinking.

Infographics like this are warm takes that blame an already underfunded and over burdened school system for societal problems. As my cousin once said “you’re confusing job training for education.”

I think anyone who works in education has the same take, drives me nuts

I know right. Joe and I went to college together—it baffles me that he would post THIS take.

- The Iroquois Confederacy & the Great Law is the blueprint for the US Constitution - Textile skills in the North & agricultural skills in the South by enslaved people established the US economy - Trade, labor, & culture by Mexican custodians & Asian migrants. - This is diverse, equity, & inclusion.

And the basics of the law and your rights

Please add US History and Civics.

A little math, english, geography and civics would be helpful too.

Plus civics and history. Not white-washed history, but actual, honest, fact-based history.

💯

Icivics.org

I blame the @democrats.org for failing to require civics in all public schools. Americans have no idea how our government works, so they believe the lies of right-wing media. Education gives Democrats the advantage, and we blew it. Teaching history would be to our advantage as well.

Apparently now we need “How to Recognize a Coup”

Wisconsin - April 1st Simple question. The people backing 1 judge (Rs) stole all your data and is in multiple class action cases over the damages their breach caused YOU. The other party (Ds) is in COURT right now to recover your damages. Who gets the judge? www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Some solid content. But also, some skills family should be teaching.

And black history!!!!

Coding? How about civics!!😀

I would like to add US Governments and Constitution.

So you have no idea what is taught or not

Already taught too… next!

But not taught well I guess. Pretty obvious that there are many who do not understand our constitution and the structure of a democracy!

Did you learn that in schools ? …

It was part of US History and Civics. College prep classes added even more content, but it was required for gen ed in high school in the 80’s. It is still a grad requirement today in WV. Problem is… we can’t fail kids anymore so they often float by with little retention of content. Parents! Catch 22

Except Boomers even voted for this pig…🤔education is simply being attacked! It’s not horrible!!!! Schools are full of bright, eager, tolerant young people… and yt supremacists can’t have that! Young voters are their end, so they have to make people believe that education is bad. Period.

Only a fool blames education for our nation’s ills. The propaganda is working. It’s a cult. Even the opposition is playing their role! Save education!!!! Fight for it!

Éducation is constantly attacked. Blaming it is pointless. Financing it is key

100% … we are about to set the clocks even farther back. Children in factories and fields will follow. Prison workforces… work camps! Camps! BOOTS! BOOTS! BOOTS! Marching up and down again!!!

I can’t like this. But EH.

Critical thinking is learned from Arts, sciences, math, etc.…The above is vocational school and stuff parents teach.

Exactly.

Except, they don't.

Killing Nazis.

Yesssss! Love This!

Public Speaking would be great Car Maintenance with all the computer chips – no Stress Management – yoga for PE also Can we do the basics like English/language – math/algebra – Science – History – Civics – Music – art - biology

Already taught… want a link to the high school course catalog for WV?! Middle School? Look them up… they’re public!

Survival skills can be learned at home Social Etiquette are learned at home Personal finance – not sure what this would include. Booking/Accounting would be valuable – Economics maybe

Taxes/rules change all the time so not productive Cooking is something you learn at home Insurance – policies change and types of insurance changes – do not see how this is productive Basic home repair is learned at home Self defense would be good for PE

I was going to make this point.

I didn't see history anywhere on that list.

Sorry forgot numbers - 3 pages History is on the list

All of this is taught. People love to shit on public education.

Also I did not see the post as putting down public education

The stupidity in the comments is what I see. Scroll and see it all over social media! I even see it in the local papers! It’s so dystopian! They want to tear it down and redesign it. “Hitler youth” ring a bell? We must protect education for all and fight this parroting of propaganda everywhere.

it should not be - parents and families have responsibilities also.

Of course. I taught Special Ed for 14 years and worked with at risk youth for 8. Education must include a home element 100%. That’s still not a good reason to end public education for all…emphasis on ALL. Pay attention to how the public shift in opinion mirrors the propaganda. Call it out!

Civics! How state and local government works. It is not covered and a mystery to most!

Government and Civics. You need to understand how government actually works otherwise you believe the lies and get conned

Civics

Civil service, missionary work, learning to give back.

Kids can't do basic math. Kids can't write to save their lives. Kids don't know world history... and you want to teach them how to do these? That's not the purpose of schools.

Civics. It’s obvious a majority of Americans have no idea how the country and voting works.

I agree with the critical thinking one, for sure. For me, it seemed to go from "You'll learn it as you grow up" to "Why can't you do this yet?" with no period of actually learning how to do it.

CIVICS!

MEDIA LITERACY

tRump hasn’t got the brain to pass any of these subjects.

Plus the US Constitution, government, civics

Why US? This is an international forum

They learn that here.

Economics so people understand how interest rates are set, how egg inflation works, and rent control does not work.

They learn that here.

Here too…and I’m in WV. 😂

There’s no funding for basics

I hate to be pessimistic, but this will never happen if we don’t get rid of our current regime

I believe if you are proficient in all of those subjects, you would become a critical thinker. 😀

No education in the world can fix MAGA, only Darwinism can.

And CIVICS

I agree with all except car maintenance.

Especially critical thinking

Sounds great! But we may not have funding for reading, writing and arithmetic!

I would add Civics to that list, a required subject when I was in high school to graduate, taking a class that taught us about how the government worked. It's not required anymore & too many people don't seem to understand the 3 parts of gov't are for "checks and balances". No one above the law.

@jsmaseles.bsky.social America needs to demand that Civics as well as Government be required in Junior high and in high school. We need intelligent well-educated kids to become intelligent well-educated adults making intelligent well-educated decisions. Stupidity brought us Trump!

Please add DBT to that list: Mindfulness Emotional Regulation Distress Tolerance Interpersonal Skills These are extremely useful coping skills that our society severely lacks. Imagine if the opposite were true; we would be living in a different world.

Plus activism. All citizens should know how to participate when they feel the need and society should normalize well intentioned protest. At the very least teach the history of general strikes like the Winnipeg General Strike.

Voting. Take the kids over 16, after teaching them how to use all the resources to learn what the issues are, on a field trip to vote in an actual election. Sometimes young people don't vote 'because they've never done it before'. Kids deserve a say, too!

Goodness, an actual curriculum to prepare people for life instead of filtering for post-secondary, how lovely!

I’ve gotta disagree with some of this. Parents need to parent, schools can’t and shouldn’t do everything

I came here to say this.

💯 agree. I've taught for 23 years now... and while I agree life skills are important, we can't play the role of teacher, parents and social worker (though we are often expected too ☹️)

I taught art in the public schools for 34 years. We taught critical thinking skills before every other subject area knew they were a thing.😎

What happened to maths, physics, chemistry, languages, history, philosophy, Latin, Greek… That’s what kids in Europe learn. They think critically automatically after all that. The US has simply been willingly ‘stupidized’ over the last 40 years, hence the leaders is has today. Idiots elect idiots.

Plus basic anthropology and philosophy.

Stress mangement?

Politics should be on that list Especially modern politics

This list, and many of the comments, show a huge soci-economic gap. Not everyone has a home, some rent, not everyone owns a car, not everyone can afford to travel where they need 'survival skills' etc. Teach kids how to learn, including analyzing the 'teachings' for manipulation.

I get it. We all want kids to be more prepared than we were, to miss the hard lessons and mistakes we made, but let them experience the joy of learning first. Community of classroom, learning new and exciting things...school should be a safe and grand experience.

And from what I’ve seen good old COMMON SENSE

While I love the idea, as a retired ELA teacher, what are you going removing from the curriculum to add these things? Yes they fit in already existing classes. But there are already too many standards to teach well in each subject.

Oh yes, and when is the rest of the community going to quit adding things to teachers’ plates? Parents/family/community need to teach some of this.

Yes indeed

Right on!

I looked at the meme and asked, "When are they going to learn to read, write, and do math?" I teach ABE. Adult BASIC Education. So many of my students can't READ, FFS, so the rest of that is completely out of reach.

I taught at risk students in danger of not graduating. I get it.

You have to pick your battles. There are only so many hours in a day.

Yep.

Thank you Non teachers talk a good talk, but they don't know what reality it.

And connecting with nature

Great list!

How about history so we don't repeat it like we're doing now?

CIVICS!

Plus DEMOCRACY

Treat every day as April Fools' Day.

Plus Civics

If you don’t include humanities and music it’s not a proper education.

They actually should be mandatory at home, as well. Too bad many parents seem to need these lessons, too.

Add civics to that as well please. A basic understanding of how government works would be great.

Plus Civics

No Civics?

I think typing should still be required. Yes, we don't use typewriters anymore, but keyboards use the same QWERTY layout. Watching the 2 finger peck is just painful. And also I need faster replies to my Teams/Slack messages bc I am impatient & have a short attention span.

What classes do you think should be dropped to fit those in? Languages? Art? Music- Choir, band or orchestra? Theatre where they have it? Or would you go for academics? A lot of that stuff should be mandatory for PARENTS to teach their kids. It’s part of the job.

And a class on how to decipher what is Propaganda!

Philosophy, psychology.

and ETHICS !

Taught daily through behavioral expectations as long as the parents don’t call in to complain.

“Air Filters”

Add Reasoning and Logic.

In fact, start with the foundational education of the ancient Greeks and go from there.

instead, kids are learning from kindergarten how to stay alive during active shooter drills. I'm not saying get rid of the drills. I'm saying get rid of the guns.

I’d change critical thinking to problem solving, even teaching basic problem solving skills would vastly improve the lives of all Americans and the world

Love this!

Back in my day, LOL, most of those were taught in school and in your home. But because of cuts to education. And lack of good parenting. We now have generations of young adults. Who are not equipped to handle life.

Now, people have such a bad idea of education that they are calling for its end… children will be on factory floors in no time. Normalizing shitting on a vital piece of children’s futures is gross. Fund it. Build it up. Protect it. Correct the fools every time! End propaganda with truth!

What are the parents doing?

Working😒

Give me a fucking break.

Most of this is taught in schools.

Also civics & music/art. And, some of these used to taught in schools under fierce gender stereotyping: “Home Economics” for girls, “Shop” for boys, for example.

Well, you can’t do any of that if you can’t read or write. Just saying.

Never help a child: "Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed" "One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child” Maria Montessori Montessori schools would be life changing for US children. 👧

First and foremost is critical thinking. The ability to identify AI, fake news, disinformation. Just like in Finland, 🇫🇮 some of the absolute best public schools in the world. They begin with YOUNG children. 👧 if we stand a chance as a democracy. www.cip.uw.edu/2023/03/01/f...

Coding will soon be done exclusively by AI.

Don’t forget a good course on the different kinds of government ie socialism, dictatorship, etc

Freedom to form your own opinions, a fundamental universal human right.

Might want to add basic civics back to that plan ... oh wait, never mind! No government to study any more!

Maybe parents should teach some of these things at home. Teachers aren't paid enough to take your kids to raise, be shot at, feed them, teach them hygiene, then be accused of "grooming" them against ytness. It is rediculous what ppl expect then point fingers on how they aren't doing enough.

And gardening

Shop and art classes - both teach critical thinking. Seriously!

Wow that poster looks exactly like the one at my house. Mine is called “PARENTING”

💯 except for car repairs. They should teach public transportation skills and civic planning!!!

Civics.

Car Maintenance should be broadened to General Maintenance. Knowong how to fix your car is great but we alsp need to be heading towards a less car dependent system so general maintenance would be more useful in the long term

Either i need a new keyboard layout or bluesky needs to allow post editing cause i cant type on mobile to save my life

So you don't even have alt text, to make your content accessible to the disabled, but you think you know what should be taught in schools. WTFever. The audacity of the mediocre is always wild.

Not being a douche weasel.

Definitely critical thinking

Physical Education and fitness training

First Aid. Mental health first aid.

Yes!!!!!!!! Critical thinking! I have been saying this for years….

How about if parents take care of that stuff, and we teach to problem solve, work in teams of collaboration, critical thinking, history, science and for the love of god our government and how it should work, not how it is working under the current felon in chief!

🤣 Right on!

First Aid and CPR

Plus history

+Media/social media literacy and Social/Emotional Learning.

Car maintenance? Not all Europeans have a car you know....

Actual history.

Civics and spotting phony politicians ...

History. History is a must

This is all intrinsic to basic curriculum.

Many of these are just applied math, which could be one course

Generalstrikeus.com

And civics

Maybe history, math, reading and writing-art? What’s with the self defense?

Maybe if I had a self defense class I could have escaped my rapist when I was 15.

I understand.

Definitely critical thinking

We use to call it Civics. My favorite class in middle school. It's been barely incorporated in history classes for the past several decades. And that is why we're f*cked now.

Y'all forgot #History, #Reading, and #Health. If more people could read above 3rd grade level, and knew more about history and basic health, we wouldn't be in this mess. But at the core is the need for more, better paid and better supported TEACHERS. The teacher/student ratio should be < 1 to 10.

Half of this is proper parenting.

Let's hope this is a moment where they shoot themselves in the foot and don't know what to do. They are shutting down service and firing people across the nation. There job in government, which is for us all. These people are the backbone of America the people who truly serve and are not partisan.

This is simple to integrate into a project-based curriculum. Despite its success in preparing students for a global economy, this curriculum is overlooked in favor of teaching to pass standardized tests.

And Civics

I work for an auto financing company in the insurance claims department. You have no idea how many people don't understand that their vehicle is simply collateral for their loan. Many don't understand that when they total their vehicle—even if they have insurance—it may not pay off their loan.

I learned all those from the old school and 20yrs active duty in the usaf

Insane politicians

Add communication to that list.

Well Math is needed as a prerequisite to a few of those. And very important subject would be history and civics. Most Americans no nothing of world history and have no clue how our government works.

And civics/government

How about child care???

And Civics.

Add how to sew on a button.

Looks like what they taught in school when I was in 7th grade , then the Russians launched the 1st Sputnik 🚀 and it was science and math immersive education from then on.

And civics!

Literacy is foundational. Reading, writing (legibly) and arithmetic. Basic skills that have nothing to do with tech are being lost. Not that tech skills aren't important, just that they are useless without it. Can your kids read/write cursive, balance a checkbook, scale a recipe, change a tire?

You're missing an important one... CIVICS! www.commondreams.org/views/2021/0...

Civics

Required for graduation even here in WV… so…

And Civics. The concept of the greater good has been lost. If we don’t Know how our government is supposed to work we won’t know when it’s being destroyed.

You need reading and math skills first.

Teachers have enough on their plates. Parents pick up the slack!

It was when I went to school. Home Economics and Shop.

CIVICS!!!

History and civics too

Required for graduation even here in WV. NEXT!

Awesome! Not sure they are required in Alaska.

Remove several and add foreign language. Most countries in Europe kids start as early 9 years-old and some makes it mandatory to learn 2 languages.

Plus How to detect Facism

Not possible in most schools even if that was all that was taught. Some would be useful certainly and should be mandatory.

AND, basic first aid, growing your own food, and how to vet information, and how to take care of babies and animals.

Is this a joke?

CIVICS!!!

Fo you have any idea how much teachers are already responsible for teaching? The thought is nice but lord, teachers are already overloaded

And being critical thinkers with media, separating fact from misinformation.

And obviously gender.

Take some heart in the knowledge that IF history is repeating itself and we're in 1930's Germany then their utter defeat is inevitable as in 1945. The potential BLUE BACKLASH could provide a means to prosecute those responsible and fix our laws so this never happens again.

Actually, critical thinking develops while learning these other programs/lessons.

I would add swimming. Kids in Va have to be CPR/AED First aid trained to graduate, but they don’t have to know how to get to the edge of a pool or float

First aid. Electricity. Plumbing. Architecture. Music. Art. Manners.

CONSENT. Teach consent.

When I was in high school I took, drivers ed,Small engine repair, cooking, sewing, speech and basic math which taught budgeting, taxes, banking. They were called electives. Meaning not required, many kids took easier electives like choir and art. Or study hall to help study for required classes.

Those aren’t harder than choir or art.

Ok, true enough. But choir or art won’t helping changing a tire, doing taxes or budgeting. I managed to take choir and art as well. I guess it just boils down to choices.

If you took all those courses plus academics you must never have had a moment’s rest. Choir/orchestra/band teaches cooperation, creative thinking, mathematics, interweaving with others to make a whole, providing you have a competent teacher. Very important life skills. And music soothes the soul.

Proofreading! I spot at least six errors.

Reading, writing, and MATH.

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I went to public schools in NYC. Every year we studied history and social studies and how to live in harmony in a pluralistic society. If you voted for Trump you are uneducated.

Plus civics, ALL history including minority history and American atrocities. And the arts.

An obvious add to this list is CIVICS. The current population is woefully uneducated about this.

Sex education

5th grade

Civics

Mouth breathing MAGAts want prayer instead...

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Definitely CIVICS