Re: Practical knowledge for HS students
It's good you want to expand the curriculum, but I would say that basic personal finance (don't buy [censored] you can't afford) and how to get and KEEP a job are very important.
Beyond that, I'd go with:
Your key legal rights in important situations:
- dealing with the police (when and what can they search, can they arrest me for not talking to them? etc)
- renting an apartment (no idea, never done it myself [img]/images/graemlins/ooo.gif[/img])
- at work (sexual harrasment, good faith, minimum pay / holiday requirements etc)
Nutrition (buying groceries, how to eat cheaply and well).
Maybe a class or two about how there are other countries in the world not just America, and that other countries are different. On a made for TV movie note, I know a guy from one of the most [censored] ed up families ever who made it through high school and then university because a teacher showed the class slides of Europe and my friend made the connection that if he stuck at school he could get a good job and go see those sweet places for himself.
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