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Cooking classes should be mandatory in school. (lemmy.ca)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
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We're in an obesity epidemic and most people don't know how to cook even very basic meals.

Make space for it, squish other classes if you need. Make it mandatory, everyone has to take it. Maybe even ongoing through multiple grades.

Edit: Rice, beans, and even basic meats are cheap. To eat healthy you don't need your meal to be 100% Bell peppers and tomatoes.

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[–] 22 points 3 years ago (2 children)

There is no conspiracy. Try teaching paying taxes to someone who won’t have to do it for a couple of years. There’s zero interest.

Instead you’re taught everything you - realistically - should need to know in order to learn by yourself, how to pay taxes.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    People just like complaining. Guaranteed if we taught taxes to high schoolers they'd complain that it's one of the more boring required classes like government and econ. Kids already hate reading assignments and math enough without taxes involved.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    To be fair, there's zero interest in most of what is taught in schools. Kids hate learning for the most part, unless it's a rare topic that truly engages them. They'd rather be anywhere but school.

    We teach wealthy kids these important life skills, but we don't teach the poorer kids. Hmmm.

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