I have heard that if Ford likes your idea and you make a compelling case things happen. We all know the squeaky wheels are getting the grease in Ontario; especially if it has deep pockets too!
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Between Math, English, and an Accounting elective I took, I think I learned at least as much as most students will be learning with this.
English teaches you to read the contracts...with a deep reading. It teaches you to infer the intentions of the writer based on the word they use. It generally teaches you to look at multiple sources, or at the same source from multiple perspectives, too. Don't sign anything you haven't made an effort to read.
Even Grade 9 math makes you over qualified to calculate the vast majority of what you'd need in most of your life. After Grade 9, you're just getting more experience turning situations into math and practicing how to solve different problems with different tools. A Statistics module would help frame a lot of the more "complex" problems we see in our daily lives...but we already have the math skills to solve most of them by Grade 9.
They've been putting the tools we need into our toolboxes for at least decades by now. I don't blame the education system for people who miss basic mathematical/reading principles (unless they're really old or something).
It'd be nice if this class would help students get out of those kinds of problems. Unless it's a damn good curriculum though, I think it'll end up like English and Math...kids don't pay attention because they don't know how to use the skills they're being taught. (Which is a problem itself, but I don't think a new class is necessarily the answer)
You’re onto something here. The missing piece is people are forgetting knowledge is transferable and they keep putting all these things into boxes that have to be checked off without looking at the big picture. Kids can grasp concepts.
Teachers are now being expected to teach our children everything under the sun in a very pointed way. Parents are being absolved of all responsibility to teach them anything or to reinforce concepts introduced at school. Take your kids grocery shopping. Tell them how much money there is in the food budget and let them be part of the process. This is the way.