A *REAL* education

[draconis]

There has been a lot of talk lately about the lifting of the Automatic Weapons Ban (AWB). During one of those discussions, I was reminded of a course that Rhi and I have discussed a few times, that I would *really* like to see them institute as a required course.

Call it "Life Skills" or something like that. I don't really care about the name, but that would be a fairly descriptive title. The curriculum would include:

Basic First Aid
Basic automotive maintenance -- nothing fancy, just how to change a tire, change your oil, check your fluid levels, etc.
Basic Finance -- Again, nothing fancy. Be able to plan a budget, and balance a checkbook.
Plan and prepare a nutritious meal. No Healthy Choice or other pre-made dinners that just get popped into the microwave, either. You have to actually *cook* something.
Set up an emergency shelter of a type appropriate for your climate.

So how did this come up out of a discussion on the AWB?

Because I think it should also include how to use, clean, store, and care for a firearm, a knife, and a hatchet.

I know it will never happen, but I still think it should.

Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

I'm with you. See my comment elsejournal.

It can happen. Get involved with your school board. Co-opt the saner candidates, then start running some of your own as time goes on. Get the community involved and thinking.

We can do this. We just have to put our minds to it, and think long-term. I think we have to. We've got just enough time before retirement, you and I, to educate the people that are going to run the country when we are old. We've got to get on the stick, now, if we're to have a prayer.

Let's roll.

[seferin.livejournal.com]

It would make sense. Allow people to be at least minimally self sufficient. It would probably lead to eating healthier and being more polite. An armed society is both polite, and less populated.

[kat-denton.livejournal.com]

::reads thru Dragon's list, nodding and boggles that anyone DOESN'T know this kind of stuff::

::remembers having dad do the 'oil, antifreeze,tire, gas, gauges' with hands on demo before he turned over the car keys and remembers doing the same with the Junior Gangrel at age 14- though he didn't get his license till 16, also basic handtools, home repairs and gardening::

::mom as leader for Girl Scouts for the shelter, knife, hatchet. mom being mom for cooking, checkbook, budgeting::

::blesses parents daily::

In the old days

[irishkate.livejournal.com]

Before people got the idea of changing the structure and making it sound more science based, there was a course which covered most of this and was designed to cover it as much as possible. It was called home economics. The idea was that it would deal with the kinds of issues you would have in trying to run a home. Initially it didn't coevr car or gun maintenance it is true, but they weren't considered necessary. Now however it has gone the direction of social science and sociology. My mother (an ex home ecominics teacher) goes nuts about the things they put in the course now and would happily agree with what you suggest.