They could so easily incorporate this into the math curriculum and forget the insanely advanced trig that 90% of people will never have any practical use for.
But then I feel classes that help teach kids to be self-sufficient were removed, at least partially, to increase our dependency on purchased goods.
If we were expected to be able to make decisions with good judgement, a course in psychology would also be mandatory.
All part of the Nemesis plot?
In my high school psychology or sociology was actually mandatory.
I remember the civics class and personal finance in 5th grade. But alas a few years after they took personal finance, balancing budget, checkbook writing out of the curric. The super intendent said it was waste of time because checks were becoming obsolete.
. Not sure what checks becoming obsolete whether true or not have to do with balancing a budget and knowing how to count your money and save.
The times has changed in school stuff. I think by the time I got to high school, shop ad home economics (real home economics where it didnt talk about just cooking but also the cost of owning a house, how to bu ya how financing, bill paying, and utility use and the usual household stuff.). Now, you be surprised at how many people usually 25 and under have not a slightest clue of how to take care of a house or even how to change a tire. I at least get one call a week because someoen is stuck on the side of the road and have no idea how to change a flat and me having to try to explain to them over the phone (some call as far away as DC and i'm in west tip of texas that no one cares about).
But I think a lot of us are showing our ages. Mentally and physically.
. Old age, bring it on as long as I can learn something new everyday and see through the nonsense that try to turn people into dependent sheep.