English.
For context I’m from Costa Rica and English in high school is absolutely nothing to what you learn in the USA/UK. So yeah, I am 17, in 11th grade and I was still learning about past tense, lmao.
Oral communications. I have no formal education or interest in performance, but learned how to get over strong stage fright when I was young. Confidence, when it’s not natural, is mostly “fake it till ya make it.” Also nihilism and cynicism that the kids will naturally grow into as adults.
Physics. Sometimes I can’t resist nerding out about it and teaching it to others! I didn’t get the title of “physics girl” in school for nothing haha.
Finance, credit, investing, retirement, savings. How money works. I’ve worked with way too many younger folks that don’t know anything about finance.
I had that opportunity once. But
“Nah, I want to get a feel for the market first, ya know? That’s why I’m investing short-term for now – I’ll do long-term later.”
VT ain’t as hip as Nvidia options, eh?
I grew up around finance people. I recall one guy at church, who used to run the Bank of NY, telling a bunch if us after the 1987 crash that he didn’t get why so many people under 65 were freaking out as their investments weren’t getting cashed in any time soon. It gave me perspective on how that race is run.
Wine, Ihave been studying it for years
Would teach: Apathy
Why? Apathy
Phonics. The current curriculum is based around sight-reading, meaning students are told not to sound out words they don’t recognize. The effect of these have cascaded down the rest of these students’ lives, and now we are seeing a wave of Uni students who are nearly illiterate. I’m getting a degree in elementary education and I’m proud to say that I’m going to be doing my part to fix the problem.
Anarchist’s Cookbook
Why? So much of that is inaccurate or unsafe that you would only be hurting people.
Now teaching kids how to safely work an angle grinder ora cutting torch so they can get into places when they forgot their keys? That’s useful stuff.
Gym, I’d just let 'em play dodgeball each class
Citizenship
Starship Troopers style?
Media competency and how technology works. Because that includes things I’m good at, and it’s desperately needed.
Common sense/critical thinking 101.
It is utterly baffling watching some people just bumble through life completely clueless.
I have lost track of the number of adults who have no clue how do their taxes. They either have their parents do them or they pay someone to do them for themselves. I consider myself basically financially retarded, but I still learned the bare minimum to be able to do my own goddamn taxes.
People don’t know the bare minimum about their vehicles and it ends up costing them thousands.
People are oblivious to their surroundings and never prepared for anything even slightly.
People just do things without a single thought towards the potential consequences of their actions.
Wood science, I suppose.
Math. Because I have a degree in it. Not Math Education. Math.
I have taught computer science, but I’d also be happy to teach art, finance, or ethics.
