"I Wasn't Taught Than in School" (Page 2): Not everyone has a high IQ and is able to function without problems. I'm considered normal and I still have problems. That's life, I reckon.

Bigmike1 Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.

Not everyone has a high IQ and is able to function without problems. I'm considered normal and I still have problems. That's life, I reckon.

BlueMorel Loc: Southwest Michigan

I don't remember learning in school how to write checks. Unlike my son's high school, we weren't required to take Economics or any social classes. I think my Dad showed me how to write checks, but it was probably after I turned 18 since the rules for banking were different in those days.
And you don't want to stand behind me in the store - it always seems like the one person who has problems is the one right in front of me, especially if I'm in a hurry.

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

Some people are capable of figuring things out for themselves (with help from internet searches) and others who are likely to be similarly capable want someone to show them how. Not making any judgement.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

jerryc41 wrote:

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Ohhhh...the schools deserve most of the blame....I hear many now are looking for funds to move from analog school clocks to digital because the kids can’t tell time on the analog clocks! Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Dngallagher wrote:

Ohhhh...the schools deserve most of the blame....I hear many now are looking for funds to move from analog school clocks to digital because the kids can’t tell time on the analog clocks! Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

Peterfiore Loc: Where DR goes south

I learned how to write a check at a very young age...I watched my parents pay the bills. I learned basic geography at a very young age, my father would talk to my brother and me while he drove the family. I learned history at a very young age, same scenario. There is a pattern here...can you guess what it might be?

LDB415 Loc: Houston south suburb

Blurryeyed wrote:

Well in the days of plastic, Paypal, and online bill pay you would be surprised at how foreign writing a check can become to some, that and they never give you enough room to write out a large check on the little line..... One thousand three hundred forty three and....... as an example, things get a little cramped on that little line.

Thirteen hundred forty three. Problem solved. :)

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Peterfiore wrote:

I learned how to write a check at a very young age...I watched my parents pay the bills. I learned basic geography at a very young age, my father would talk to my brother and me while he drove the family. I learned history at a very young age, same scenario. There is a pattern here...can you guess what it might be?

Have to laugh, yes, I was taught (in some form or another) problem solving.........

LDB415 Loc: Houston south suburb

When the majority of administrators and school boards and increasing numbers of already indoctrinated teachers are leftists whose only real interest is indoctrinating mindless leftist voters it's no wonder there are problems such as this.

ELNikkor

It should be a part of the math curriculum, as it could be a fun activity. Students already have to learn to write both the words and numbers of equations in our elementary schools, it would seem to be a normal progression to put a practical-life exercise called, "Check Writing". Students could play "Store", buy certain items, add up the amounts, and at the check-out, write a photo-copied check for the total. I may suggest that to the administrators of the local schools.

digit-up Loc: Flushing, Michigan

jerryc41 wrote:

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And how long can people be “CRANKING-OUT” children they won’t provide for. Won’t feed, won’t teach, won’t love & won’t be responsible for. A sick part of this society, shouldn’t be tolerated!!

riffmax

Ah, but each of those cranked out kids means a check to many. A check, incidentally, from thee and me and probably not written by hand.

I didn't learn to write a check in school - my parents taught me. Although I think that basic home economics needs to be required as part of any high school curriculum. There used to be "Home Ec", but that became nothing more than a cooking and sewing course for girls. I'm talking about the reality of running personal finances - not just writing a check, but balancing a check account, interest, loans, budgets, cost of living, etc.

ELNikkor

I taught my sons years ago, but may have to give them a refresher course before they leave the nest...

anotherview Loc: California

Under the Jeffersonian doctrine, schools turn out good workers and good citizens. How to fill out checks, open a bank account, or operate a gas pump at a gas station do not fall under this doctrine. The schools thus do not teach simple life skills. You may recall that President Bush the First did not know how to go through a grocery store checkout line -- he not stupid, only ignorant of this experience.

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fetzler Loc: North West PA

I a a professor in a professional school. In my experience many students learn little or nothing in high school or college. Math and the associated thinking skills are often absent. One problem that was not true is that now-days the most common grade in college is an A. Before 1960 it was a C. There are likely not more smart people now thus one has to give high grades to the not so smart. The curriculum is also much weaker. I spend time teaching what I could do at age 14.