Since my school days I have had issues with the curriculum mandated by “the man.” You know, the kind that forces students to take certain required classes. For instance, why are students taught useless things like algebra? Think about it - people tend to interact with others on a daily basis, but only a fraction actually go into higher maths and sciences and whatnot. So, why not teach kids more day to day stuff, especially when we can’t count on parents doing it? This is why I think I should be a teacher (and the President one day). But, I digress. Here are some courses I think should actually be on the required curriculum for students between the ages of 4 and 18 to prepare them for the real world:

• Basic Social Interactions (or How Not to Make a Fool of Yourself the First Time You Get Asked Out on a Date)
• Intro to Culinary Arts (or How Not to Starve to Death When You Move Away From Home)
• Proper Etiquette (or How Not to Embarrass Yourself in Front of People with a Higher Status Than You)
• How to Sew (or How Not to Have to Buy New Jeans After Falling Over While Drunk at that Party)
• Sexual Education (or How Not to Be 16 and Pregnant)
• Accounting (or How Not to Have a Panic Attack When You Realize You Need to File Your Own Taxes)
• Study Abroad (or How Not to Assume That You Come From a Superior Culture and That Your Way is Not the Only Way)
• Finance (or How Not to Go Into Credit Card Debt Your First Year of College)

Et cetera.

Am I a genius or what?

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