1/ I often think about the subjects that middle/high schools don’t cover that are essential to:
A) making good life decisions.
B) making informed decisions as a voter.
C) being productive at work.
The pandemic highlights some of these gaps. So I thought I would make a list.
A) making good life decisions.
B) making informed decisions as a voter.
C) being productive at work.
The pandemic highlights some of these gaps. So I thought I would make a list.
2/
Understanding ethics and ethical trade offs.
What is right and wrong and why?
There is a rich set of ways of thinking on this that are not touched on in normal education.
Understanding ethics and ethical trade offs.
What is right and wrong and why?
There is a rich set of ways of thinking on this that are not touched on in normal education.
3/
Statistics and understanding probability.
This is touched on a little in maths but often not related to reality and mostly as an elective.
Statistics and understanding probability.
This is touched on a little in maths but often not related to reality and mostly as an elective.
4/
Basics of economics, supply and demand and how markets work.
Basics of economics, supply and demand and how markets work.
5/
Compounding effects and exponentials. Both in relation to things like financial education but also in terms of things like science/pandemics etc.
Compounding effects and exponentials. Both in relation to things like financial education but also in terms of things like science/pandemics etc.
6/
Sales: both in terms of negotiation tactics but also presentation skills.
This is a fundamental part of most jobs and even if it’s not a part of yours you are often being sold too.
Sales: both in terms of negotiation tactics but also presentation skills.
This is a fundamental part of most jobs and even if it’s not a part of yours you are often being sold too.
7/
Data analysis in general and tools like Excel/SQL in particular. It’s hard to understand the world without being able to analyze basic data.
Data analysis in general and tools like Excel/SQL in particular. It’s hard to understand the world without being able to analyze basic data.
8/
Why don’t we teach these things?
What else am I missing in this list?
Probably up to us parents to try our best to educate our kids directly in the absence of the school system doing it
End/
Why don’t we teach these things?
What else am I missing in this list?
Probably up to us parents to try our best to educate our kids directly in the absence of the school system doing it
End/
9/ Going to take the extra things I missed that people respond with keep attaching them to the tweet storm
10/
The point about how some things are zero sum and others are not is a really powerful point that I don't think I really understood till much later in life:
The point about how some things are zero sum and others are not is a really powerful point that I don't think I really understood till much later in life:
