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RE: Economics and medicine in general education
May 30, 2019 at 8:33 am
(May 28, 2019 at 9:37 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: I'd rather see classes in critical thinking and study skills become mandatory first.
I think critical thinking and problem solving along with study skills should be baked into every subject in every grade. It's going to take too much reform to go from training to pass a test to learning to think, IMO. I believe a solution is in the direction of changing how we grade success and monitor progress
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RE: Economics and medicine in general education
May 30, 2019 at 4:07 pm
Biology was much more to do with the anatomy of a frog than medicine.
I think medicine safety and financial responsibility really should be taught. However, going in depth with testing and accurate diagnosis is better left to higher education.
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RE: Economics and medicine in general education
June 8, 2019 at 9:34 pm
Yeah people should be taught about money and not just how to save it but also where does money come from, why is world's debt far higher than the earnings, why are rich people and private banks being so poorly regulated - why are those taboo subjects? Maybe because it's an embarrassment for the politicians.
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RE: Economics and medicine in general education
June 13, 2019 at 1:33 am
Economics is highly speculative. Which is why it's often best as an elective or for higher education. As for financial planning... honestly I don't think it'd be as beneficial as everyone thinks it would be Poor spending is more of a behavioral issue than a learned issue. People don't spend too much because they don't know better. People like to do what's easy, and hate to do what's hard. Not to mention learned behaviors from their parents.
We have an economics and personal finance class at our school. It's an elective, as I think it probably should be. (My daughters are starting high school this coming year. They don't need a personal finance course, because we've already taught them about budgeting.)
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