Aikouka
Lifer
- Nov 27, 2001
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And yet most "lack the skills to perform complex literacy tasks, such as comparing credit card offers with different interest rates or summarizing the arguments of newspaper editorials." Those are high school skills!
I've wondered more and more lately why schools obsess on focusing on "college-oriented studies", but completely ignore aspects of the studies that relate to real-world situations. You mentioned credit cards, and the question that I ponder if a high school-aged kid could solve is... "If you purchase an Xbox for $499.99 with 8% sales tax on a credit card with 27.99% APR, how long will it take to pay the card off if you pay the minimum payment ($25) each month?"
I don't recall having any lectures on that during high school, but we did have a portion of our 7th grade math dedicated to properly writing checks and balancing a ledger! I feel like that's worth half credit.