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_refugee_ · 4087 days ago · link · · parent · post: What do you feel like you should know or know better at this point in your life?
And yet (from my perspective) they are driving these classes out of high schools in favor of more academia. I value education a lot, but I don't believe everyone should have a college degree. I do believe everyone needs a certain set of life skills that things like shop class and home-ec help impart. My high school didn't offer either of these. I would have liked the opportunity to take a shop class. I think it's more than just sad that these classes aren't considered core/vital curriculum. I think it sets up future generation for dependence on others and on establishments in order to provide for them services (and even goods) that they should be able to complete/create themselves.