not much interest in sports myself, but haveing space for kids to play games of their own is important for sure.

Public schools are unironically run like prisons

also shop, teaching them how to turn a wrench and such.

Sports is super important, we really need to move around. Especially kids.

That needs to change

@ARockRaider good news-ish gen x parents are bringing back shop class

one could argue schools are run WORSE then prisons because the teachers can be rather crule sometimes.

though i only know that 2nd hand.

Yeah, and you know what's stupid? When the children misbehave, they get punished by being lectured - literally the worst form of teaching. So the punishment is *less education*

also, schools need to stop pushing collage, waste of money for almost all people.

Incentivise trade schools

that and make a proper list of what kind of jobs there really are out there or in a local area.

and I would REALLY like to find some testing that would tell me what kind of work i would like.

^

I want a job I can be good at

I already know i like driveing truck, but that job is very stressfull.

Same with being a guard

Economics, a class that should replace other classes, like the arts. Or reduce arts by 50% and instead teach some economics.
But if they teach economics then they'll have to risk that children understand taxes are theft. Can't have that.

this! all of this!

if there is one class that SHOULD be mandatory and could never be over tought it is Economics!

In some schools it becomes mandatory, but only later.

Mfw there wasn't a single economics class in my school district growing up<:why:462286147473637407>

I remember having a single session where we were taught about economics and being an entrepreneur, and everyone hated it.

like "how to have a budget" is almost as important as knowing how to poop.

No fucking way would we have cared about an entire class.

I think economics is sometimes mandatory after grade 8

Doesn't matter if you care, it's important

I mean, some of this stuff can be tought through games easy.

I know, but with econ, how exactly would you teach it?

just gotta make the game right.

No wonder economics is no fun to learn when the introduction is "how to create a business"

Like, make a fucking course plan and propose it before you get too smart.

Just have everyone play Eve online emulators for a semester to simulate an economy

I learned about how to think about a loan form Transport Tycoon, and I learned about the basics of the stock market form Railroad Tycoon.

Introduce economics to children by literally making them trade stuff during class.

Literally have kids play games instead to learn about economics.

Yeah

Basically, at the end of a year, they have to send a save file from ZOO Tycoon

Games are incredibly effective teaching tools

I always wanted to know "why does this number that says how much money i can spend not match the one on the yearly statement saying how much money i have?"
(didn't know what the yearly statement was, just that it poped up every now and then and was where the "get more money" button was :P)

Games are the best way to learn, but public schools are so bad at just creating or buying games because "muh authority as a teacher will be undermined"