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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
I always thought this as well. It's things like this, accounting, work ethic, social etiquette and most importantly, nutrition and proper eating/diet/exercise and so on that will get you through life. I really didn't understand why I was taking Alegebra or trig.... or studying Shakespeare, French or making pottery or taking art classes and so on when none of this stuff would ever matter once I graduated and I always felt I would never use them and never have.
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I can see a certain value to some of those extra classes. Giving someone a well-rounded education might help make them a better all around person. Now, that said, there were a ton of classes I took in high school that were basically useless. I have never used the information from them and don't really even remember what we studied in them.
To me, it would be better to replace those with classes that teach people about money (like I mentioned above). I would also love to see kids get a basic real estate class so they understand how buying and renting works and can make good decisions on that. A basic finance class so people understand how bad credit is for the average person and how to avoid the long term problems it creates and other things that average people will need to know in their lives.