thyme4change
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Post by thyme4change on Aug 15, 2013 22:00:45 GMT -5
My daughter started 5th grade at her new school. She has a class called "Life Skills." They are going to start the year by working with the students to organize their classwork, and working on study skills. They will also discuss health, nutrition, finances and relationships/social issues. The lady who teaches it is exactly what you would expect her to be - young, vibrant and a little new-ageish.
Does anyone else have a school that teaches this class?
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Post by Mardi Gras Audrey on Aug 15, 2013 22:19:38 GMT -5
We had a similar class at our elementary back in the early 1990s. I don't think we focused as much on relationships but I remember we had to do a budget, plan meals, look for a "job", and "find a place to live". We got most of our info from the classifieds (Yes, I'm a dinosaur!) and we had to figure out how far our money would go, what we needed for balanced meals and stuff like that...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2013 22:19:56 GMT -5
I'm the wrong person to ask since my grandchildren are getting close to the age of your daughter. I teach twelfth graders. I have zero input into the grandchildren's education (except that I am very generous about buying books).
That said, it sounds like an awesome class for your kids to have. But yours must be an affluent system because, quite honestly, that is not a skill-based course that would improve test scores. A lot of schools are removing art, music, and library teachers. This would rank slightly below art, music, and library in my book.
Please tell me that your school still has all of the above and offers this enrichment class.
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Post by bean29 on Aug 15, 2013 22:52:23 GMT -5
I loved Dd's 5th grade teacher. They got a "paycheck" every week. They were docked if they were sick or missed a day. They had to pay property taxes. The teacher had trinkets the kids could buy at the store on "payday" but they had to "save" a certain amount of their paycheck every wk 1/3 or 1/2 - I don't remember.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Aug 16, 2013 0:16:48 GMT -5
The one my daughter took in seventh grade was similar and was called Teen Survival Skills.
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Post by thyme4change on Aug 16, 2013 8:20:40 GMT -5
Mardi - I suspect the "relationship" portion includes anti-bullying and probably "if someone touches you, report it."
SS - This is a charter school that focuses on performing arts, so we have choir, piano, instruments, dance and theater as part of the curriculum. No library, as it is right next to our city library - I think they just use that.
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Post by 973beachbum on Aug 16, 2013 10:40:28 GMT -5
My DD had a class called life skills in middle school. It was really more of a home ec class fwith a new name. They mostly did cooking with menu planning for making sure it was a basically healthy meal. They also did a little pretend grocery shopping on the internet. It was real light as far as the saving money type budget. It was more of you have $20 plan a healthy dinner for four. there was also a little about manners and things like picking out window coverings.
They did have people pulled from the class if they needed remedial help though. So if a student had a low score on the test the year before they would have to take a class to help them learn whatever they didn't do well on, on the test, instead of the life skills class.
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