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Top 10 Things They Should Teach in School


sharpen your pencils and zip up your
backpack because we’re going back to
school don’t have sex the missionary
position don’t have sex standing up just
don’t do it promise welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 things
schools should teach did your teen
keeper spending within her budget and
did she make sure she had enough to
cover her necessities for this list
we’re looking at things that should be
taught in high school but typically
aren’t some of these topics are probably
covered in a few specific schools but
definitely aren’t on the average
curriculum we have one activity planned
not getting killed
number 10 mental health o mr. Terry a
history of slight mental illness oh I
wonder he’s so dumb lots of teenagers
suffer from mental health issues be it
anxiety depression eating disorders or
any of the wide range of psychological
afflictions and if they don’t experience
these things personally they are likely
affected by someone close to them who
does well the real reason that you’ve
been sent over here is because they
wanted you to be evaluated yeah to
determine whether or not you’re mentally
ill this is the real reason the problem
is there’s such a stigma around mental
health problems that they are rarely
discussed leaving sufferers to feel
isolated and helpless by teaching kids
about mental health in schools it would
help teens understand the issues that
are common to so many people allowing
them to manage stress addiction loss and
more and when you look at how our
current system deals with severe mental
illness you’ll quickly realize it’s a
mess and it always has been
teachers could also offer suggestions
for dealing with mental health problems
like support groups therapy and even
meditation what you don’t think I’m
smart I didn’t say that just look I
don’t really care I just number nine
communication skills you learn a lot of
things in school that you pretty much
will never use again trigonometry anyone
what do you know about trigonometry I
could care less about trigonometry
but one thing they rarely focus on is
something that you will need every day
whether it’s at your job or in your
relationships how to communicate
effectively this is a broad topic that
can range from how to negotiate with
someone who’s being argumentative to how
to show respect for others in your
conversational style either in the
workplace or your personal life
no one’s your dirty underwear it’s not
dirty underwear it’s a white flag and
you may as well start waving it right
now let’s sleep I’ll be waiting is your
decapitated head on a stick in front of
your weeping mother this is something
that can be taught to anyone from young
children to adults as everyone could
benefit from improving their
communication skills a course like this
could also cover email etiquette and
other tools you may need to succeed in
the workplace like public speaking so
you guys what’s the deal with those
hands-free headsets that everybody’s
wearing in their ears right number eight
sex Edie
hey hey knock it off I think this is
funny
just try me while policies for teaching
sex ed in schools vary around the world
it seems obvious that teens would
benefit from learning about safe sex
before heading to college so the man
starts by entering or mounting his good
lady wife in the standard way if you
only get your information about sex from
movies and TV your knowledge may be more
than a little skewed wow that guy’s got
the best job
while many schools in the u.s. still
only teach kids about the importance of
abstinence there continues to be many
instances of teen pregnancy and STI s
that could have easily been prevented
with proper education about
contraception and protection don’t have
sex because you will get pregnant and
die in fact researchers at Columbia
University found that virginity pledges
and abstinence programs may in fact
increase the risk and likelihood of
pregnancy and STI s nothing feels like
the freedom of Trojan pure ecstacy
number 7 computer science
if we can find a code written after
tricking shot and I think supposed to be
stopped so every time the server detects
an intrusion the candidate
responsibilities shock most students
will obtain an extremely basic computer
science education at the very least but
at the rate that technology is currently
advancing a basic education put students
way behind by the time they enter the
workforce learning how to use Excel and
make a PowerPoint presentation just
isn’t sufficient in the way that it used
to be updates already I should update um
estimated time 12 minutes so they should
take about 5 or 10 minutes there are now
apps that can teach kids as young as 5
how to code so it shouldn’t be too much
of a stretch to introduce coding to the
curriculum in high schools or even in
primary schools with these skills coders
have nearly limitless capabilities to
create and impact the world with the
tech business continuing to grow why not
provide kids and teens with the
necessary tools to work in such an
interesting and innovative industry by
building their own websites for example
I need you I’m here for you now I need
the algorithm used to rank chess players
are you ok we’re ranking girls if they
start teaching this stuff soon the tech
of the future will be beyond our wildest
dreams
number six Internet safety well I go on
the internet sometimes well don’t do
that don’t don’t go on the Internet
watch TV or three newspapers the youth
of today spends a large portion of their
time online so it would make a lot of
sense to teach them how to protect
themselves on the world wide web kids
learn about stranger danger from a young
age but the same principle should be
taught about the perils of online
hazards that they may be less aware of
we found that one in four households
using Facebook either doesn’t know about
or doesn’t choose to use privacy
controls high school students face a
whole new set of problems today that
schools aren’t necessarily equipped to
deal with sexting cyber bullying social
media awareness online identity theft
and more all right I want to ask you
about something I read in a magazine
are you boys cyber bullying each other
how could we be we’re all in the same
place and we don’t have computers there
are some basics that would be easy to
incorporate into a computer class
curriculum and would make all the
difference in terms of simple online
safety not using such controls can
expose your pictures and other
information to just about anybody on the
Internet
number five time management if only time
Turner’s were real Hermione Granger uses
one to get all her schoolwork done by
going back in time to take more classes
and have more time to study but alas the
rest of us will have to do it the
old-fashioned way
like communication skills time
management skills are universally handy
no matter where your life takes you
after you graduate be honest with
yourself
you spent a half an hour by the coffee
machine talking to your co-worker you
spent an hour on Facebook and you stared
into space for 20 minutes come on you
get the picture
everyone has pulled an all-nighter at
least once in their life to finish an
assignment they left to the last minute
but with some simple time management
techniques beyond your teacher reminding
you not to leave it to the night before
students could avoid the stress that
comes with procrastination like so upset
oh I don’t know
could it be staying up all night to
finish my paper number four media
literacy kids and teens growing up in
today’s media landscape are far more
exposed to information than previous
generations ever were whether it’s in
the form of news broadcasts
advertisements or the newest hit
television series there is always some
kind of media constantly vying for your
attention that’s where I see things just
a little differently contractor no I
will not bow to any sponsor kids are
getting most of their information online
and on almost any website they visit
they will be inundated with ads being
able to watch a news story or commercial
and critically analyze what’s being
communicated is an extremely important
skill to have while living in the 21st
century look at it this way you can talk
to your best friends yo mama dad about
all the stuff you see on TV providing
kids with an understanding of how media
messages are framed based on the biases
of the people who produce them is
critical to their ability to navigate
our information heavy society that’s why
it’s good to think about what you’re
watching on TV and ask questions kind of
like you just did number three cooking
nutrition and I’m making a pan-seared
filet mignon with roasted Parmesan
potatoes unless you can afford a
personal chef you’re gonna have to cook
for yourself
so ya may as well learn to do a decent
job of it
oops I don’t like to keep in clean
kitchen until after I’m done cooking I
like some of the chaos
yes this is one of those life skills
that can be easily taught at home but if
you’ve got parents who don’t know how to
cook well then you’re pretty much out of
luck mm-hmm nice huh
tastes like mustard and water most
schools are still equipped with kitchens
from back in the days when home
equipartition but even if there isn’t a
kitchen to work with it would be
beneficial to teach basic nutritional
information to help kids make healthy
food choices from an early age and while
you’re at it drill some sewing classes
in there too and now it looks
professional that’s really impressive
beautifully done I think we’re gonna get
a number two how to get a job
we’re not generally comfortable in an
office setting I would say I get cooped
up unless you want to end up living in
your parents basement well into your 40s
you gotta find a job once you finish
school
right so sweaty I was watching cops
sadly in the post recession economy it’s
not as easy as it once was for young
people even college graduates to find
gainful employment after graduation
simple lessons like resume and cover
letter writing as well as interview prep
could make all the difference in
students futures for several years I’ve
been in complete charge of pretty much
everything in my life mmm I don’t miss
Jimmy him you know uh not pretty much
everything there’s certain things that
you just can’t have control of sir
also considering how much it costs to
obtain higher education these days it
makes sense to offer career counseling
to younger students so they can make
informed decisions when it comes time to
decide what to major in actually we’ll
be interviewing as a team we’re here to
get up before we unveil our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
you feel that I’m kind of controlling
where his body goes okay step number two
pull out your gun it’s very important
that you pull out your gun so now what
we need to do is plant the seeds who has
seeds I do
this is clean we need to do is stitch
you have ten minutes to assemble a
shelter using only your two gifts go
number one money management it might
come as second nature to you but for
most tweens and teens who are just
starting to earn and manage their own
money building a budget can help them
track their expenses and avoid
overspending with household debts
soaring and the cost of living rising
it’s never been more important to know
how to properly manage your money we
should buy a place what baby
real estate is always a good investment
it’s not and the market is really hot
right now it wasn’t there are some basic
principles like keeping a balanced
budget that can easily be taught to
children with lessons expanding to more
complex topics like student loans
mortgages and doing your own taxes as
students reach the age of maturity
learning how to properly manage credit
cards and how to safely invest your
money to save for the future are also
invaluable skills that anyone can
benefit from at any age many people
could have avoided costly mistakes if
they’d been taught how to manage
finances before they were old enough to
make said mistakes them so but oh I
don’t know what I’m gonna do you agree
with our list what subjects do you think
should be taught in schools the whole
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