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Originally Posted by Martha  Kids are getting "pre-algebra" in 4th grade. It's ridiculous.
There is NO mastery of the basics. I've got a going-in-to-7th-grader, and homework around here is awful. "No Child Left Behind" my butt. There are plenty being left behind. I fear when they get to the real world, they will struggle with simple things like figuring out sales tax on things, managing their checkbooks and, it's already a problem, people aren't learning about the "evils" of credit. |
Wow, I have to agree with you Martha....the today generation has no idea of how to manage money. I have gone to stores and when the register goes down they have no idea of how to give me my change. I usually have to tell them....and when they go into the "real" world, they get into all kinds of trouble because they have no idea about finances. The schools should have a class called " managing money in the real world"...of course I'm from the generation where we had "homemaking" and we learned how to cook and sew and purchase food and items for the home....none of that today!!!! When my kids were teens, I opened a checking account for them and they had to manage those funds....
