<p>Home Economics: everything you ACTUALLY need to survive in the real world</p>
<p>Seriously, my school cut that class years ago, and most kids I know could never manage a household on their own, even though most of them are getting close to moving out.</p>
<p>A grammar class wouldn’t have to improve daily conversation. I think high school students should have the ability to write in a clear and correct manner when the need arises, which is quite frequent.</p>
<p>^ I’d hate that. I think most of the things they teach are self explanatory, or at least what they teach at the classes here are. One day the students in that class learned how to scramble eggs. Seriously. If you don’t know how to do that you don’t deserve to be in high school…</p>
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<p>stress management.</p>
<p>^ Or, the opposite, since most kids here don’t seem to care about anything.</p>
<p>I hate my school…</p>
<p>Ugh. I hate how PE’s still mandatory for all four years at my school.</p>
<p>I’m gonna remain the fatty that I am, thankz.</p>
<p>A personal finance class would end up being extremely beneficial.</p>
<p>I vote for finances too. I hate being part of the credit card generation.</p>
<p>I don’t even EAT eggs, but I can scramble them. lol.</p>
<p>Personal finances sounds like a great idea, but I kinda liked the idea of Philosophy or World religions, it’s good to learn how to think</p>
<p>Wow, I’m pretty darn thankful for my kid’s Catholic school education - their grammar is impeccable!! Kids are still taking intense grammar and writing as freshman in their HS. So, I would vote for grammar AND writing classes. Many college profs say kids are lacking basic writing skills. Very sad.</p>
<p>I really like the finances idea, but the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread was Ethics.</p>
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<p>One is singular the other plural. I see he or she did not learn grammar at home.</p>
<p>I think cultural literacy is of the utmost importance. So, I’d make it mandatory. It’s good and well for an American to know that when auspicious events happens to Hindus, they will often hold a puja and give gifts to their elephant-headed corpulent god Ganesha, but in this culture, it’s more pressing to know why Mary’s always dressed in blue.</p>
<p>We have wonderful comp. relig. teachers, but it’s not mandatory. The closest thing we have to that is AP World, which is only mandatory for environmental science magnet people, and insufficient.</p>
<p>Millancad- Haha! Good call!</p>
<p>And I agree with everyone who says that learning grammar is important, because it truly is! The other day, I heard a girl ask, “Is you serious?!” and I was just like whatttttttt? I can’t believe you. I can let slang like “gonna” and whatnot slide, but what she asked involved basic grammar which makes the whole situation atrocious, especially since she was at least 16 or so and I’m sure first graders would know have known better. Despite all of this, I do not think that grammar should be the mandatory class regardless of how much I hate bad grammar (not to mention poor spelling!). I think a class on safety should be required or on living in the real world and learning how to pay bills, cook simple meals, HOW TO DO LAUNDRY, etc. I believe this because grammar should be taught in language arts so it is a mandatory class anyways. The blame is to be put on the teachers, and I cannot tell you how many males I know of who do not know how to do laundry properly or even start the machine.</p>
<p>A grammar course - preferably infused with vocabulary. I’ve noticed that many teenagers (obviously NON-CC teenagers) have shockingly small vocabularies. Ex. Not knowing words like “amenable” or “gratuitous”</p>
<p>A grammar course for those who need it (Their english teachers would tell them that they need to take it)
And… a class on finance</p>
<p>AP Physics…because it would make all the candy asses start using their heads</p>
<p>intro to philosophy</p>
<p>ChoklitRain- or cause mass suicide, lol.</p>