What skills should they teach in schools?

[Ronnie_Pickering]

What skills should they teach in schools in order for people to bypass the route of being sidelined by anxiety in the quest of life?

1) Confidence. I think confidence could be the highest currency of them all. Even beyond actual academic qualifications.

2) Support for neurodiversity. There's something like 13 different intelligences. Only concentrating on one shoots kids in the foot.

3) Instead of religion, some sort of wisdom training. How to manage emotions etc.

[Ronnie_Pickering]

interesting. I know I preferred primary school to secondary by far.

[Mr. Nobody]

Education seems to have often taken the form of 'learn by rote'
Basically treating people like, at best, computers, (at worst, parrots)
Storage machines who merely upload information to be used later,

I'd have thought that a good foundation for real learning is the ability to question things,
Rather than just using memory to store ready-made answers,

I'm not even sure that children generally are accepted as they are,
But instead, have to prove themselves worthy by adherence to sets of rules
Rules on behaviour, rules on appearance, rules on expression,
So, society is encouraging conformity rather than individuality,
Conformity is rewarded by acceptance of the crowd
But this acceptance is conditional,
The condition is that you conform, to their ideas on education etc.
And so, the ability to think for yourself and to question things is stifled,
Whilst conformity and acceptance of authority is rewarded,

All this dosent really encourage or engender a confidant individual,

People are just being force fed what information is deemed relevant in order to pass tests,
And then, just let loose on society with a "qualification "

Doesn't seem very evolved to me.

[limey123]

More emphasis on life skills, personal development, adulting, money management, job seeking, etc. Less on rote learning. No religion.

[Percy]

Critical thinking

[Jam do Bronx]

Martial arts.

[Percy]

Judos a good one for kids

[Gellerbing]

First aid, I know they teach in secondary but I see no reason why it can't be taught in primary too.

[Stepford]

How to think, not what to think.

[biscuits]

How to use herbs and spices
How to cook healthy and flavoursome meals.
Nutrition
How to grow herbs, vegetables and fruits.
Self-respect - physical and mental
Environment and sustainability
Accountability - for actions, words, behaviours

[Ronnie_Pickering]

Originally Posted by biscuits

Accountability - for actions, words, behaviours

agree with that

[Pink*Lady]

Wellbeing, self confidence, self esteem and assertiveness.
How to batch cook basic meals.
How to manage money and budget.
Academic achievement should not be the be all and end all of learning.

[BFG_]

How to kill bullies dispose of bodies and not get caught

[Percy]

Originally Posted by BFG_

How to kill bullies dispose of bodies and not get caught

I'd support that