• Lexam@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    That’s because you weren’t in dumb kid math. As a kid I was a seen as a trouble maker and put in dumb kid math. That was the best math class I ever took. They taught us how to balance a check book, how our taxes worked, interest rates and apr for loans and credit cards. I don’t know why this wouldn’t be a mandatory class for everyone. And maybe some of the skills like balancing a check book are outdated and that’s fine. Update them with something more relevant now like how to read a contract or something.

    • xthexder@l.sw0.com
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      1 year ago

      I took an Accounting 101 elective in high school, and it was basically this. Completely separate from the other math classes though.