re: What Are Things That Are No Longer Taught In School?

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1.How to read a ruler.
2.Cursive.
3.How to read a clock with hour and minute hands.

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These are all taught in public elementary schools here in Kentucky.

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4.How to balance a check book.
5.Driver's ed.

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We have a financial literacy class that’s an elective. Same with lifeskills. Problem is most parents want their kids taking a study skills or an ACT prep class instead.

My high school offers drivers ed but it’s after school. For what it’s worth, it was after school when I was in HS in the late 90s as well.

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6. Long division.
7.Multiplying/dividing fractions.
8.Legit History.

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All still taught on multiple levels. “Legit history” depends on your definition. I learned a lot more history outside of HS in 16 week courses that were geared towards more specific time periods/events that K-12 really doesn’t have the time to cover in detail.

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9.Respect/ the Golden Rule.

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Sure. But it’s not going to stick if it’s not taught at home.

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10. The Ten Commandments.

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Not in public school. But it’s been that way for a few decades now. Nothing is stopping anyone from taking their kids to church and Sunday school to learn that lesson.