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Do you think any worthwhile lessons are conveyed through AP History courses?
We face a similar situation in Singapore. Let me zoom in on financial literacy. We do have those classes, but we sound like a broken record since the main thrust of these lessons tends to be spend below your means and differentiate between needs and wants for both primary and secondary school students. Like duh. How often do you want to repeat the same mundane stuff?
But as a teacher at the frontlines, I dare say that our curriculum lacks the space to incorporate all these useful things. Just this term alone, I had to ensure that all my form class students completed an online lesson on 1) drug prevention, 2) AI literacy and 3) water conservation. Their minds are bombarded left right and centre, and I’m barely surviving in this cramped system myself haha
Financial literacy includes being able understand what an interest rate is, what are the different types of loans, credit cards, checking and savings accounts, retirement plans, insurance, mortgages, business loans, different types of corporations, etc, etc. All of these things, kids come out of school knowing very little about, but these are a part of everyday lfie.
It would be easy to fill a semester of financial literacy, imo.
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