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by morgante 4018 days ago
I don't think we should be teaching finance any more than we should be teaching cooking. It's mainly a life survival skill, not an academic subject, and thus should be the responsibility of parents.
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We do teach cooking in schools. At least in Europe. See my parent post, that class was mandatory.

There are plenty of classes that teach non-academic subjects, finance should be one of them, since we life in an money centered society.

> We do teach cooking in schools. At least in Europe. See my parent post, that class was mandatory.

I know we do. We shouldn't. "Home economics" is the biggest waste of time I had to endure in my entire education.