Do you think schools should be teaching "capitalism class" as mandatory?

[dragoblack]

• How to purchace stocks & shares in companies, along with what they are, what they do, and what you can do with them.
• how to trade stocks and sell shares.
• how to pay taxes and file tax returns, why you pay taxes, and what happens when you don't.
• What an investment is, and how to invest wisely, instead of through assumption.
• What laws are in place around stocks, investments, & shares.
• how to pass those purchased stocks, investments, & shares via will/inheritance in a way that bypasses the inheritance tax.
... etc.
You know, things that give passive income to everyday working class people and help them not to get arrested for tax evasion... the basic things about capitalism everyone should technically know to survive and function in it.

[SweetDripp]

That sounds like an investment class or a financial management class, not a capitalism class. Regardless, it makes sense to teach people investment fundamentals.

[exitseven]

Kids do not get jobs anymore like I did. They want "internships" or else they will just stay home and play video games.
I have worked full time since I was 17. I learned in real time about saving money, paying taxes and other likf hacks. Kids today do not have those experiences. They need to take an"adulting" class.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[dragoblack]

Bot chose you, not me

[dragoblack]

I dont know a single kid or have i seen any online looking for internships. Internship is just legal slave labor. I always recommend them to look into apprenticeship programs at trade jobs. Pays while you learn, you learn without going into debt, and it pays really well.
But where is much about economy and adulthood that should be taught in schools, that isn't.

[WonderingManII]

That is stuff we all need to know, they didn't teach me, and I know nothing.

[DrPepper12]

They've been doing that in New York state for decades!!

[seeyounexttuesday]

Yes. That and a civics class. Way more important than learning square dancing or how to play the recorder.

[Jeff51]

Yes in college

[dragoblack]

College if for people who can afford it. Im talking highschool where kids need to know it after graduation

[Jeff51]

High-school kids aren't gonna care. Im. in san Diego. They want to do kids stuff. Game, surf, skate. I took government class and I was bored

[Jeff51]

I can see a class in Jr College not a university