5 Subjects Not Taught In School
(But They Should Be)
Education is way more than
sitting in a classroom.
Unfortunately, it is often the
same old story. Go to school.
Read, write, learn math, history,
science, and the searing pain of
social rejection. Go home. Forget
everything you learned. While
having a specific course for each
of these ‘subjects’ might be a
long way off for schools,
integrating these into your
existing classrooms need not be.
And you never know – both
students and teachers might find
themselves a little more engaged.
Long story short, these skills are
learned inside and outside of
schools – we get that – but they
aren’t actual subject areas that
you can focus on.
In fact, the idea of trying to learn
some real-world skills is what
Modern Lessons should be all
about. For instance, I think it
won’t be a bad idea if subjects
like GMAT and aptitude test skills
can be included in the general
studies being offered in our
tertiary institutions. Would you
say a 1st class graduate student
of an art course, for example, is a
failure because s/he couldn’t
perform well in a GMAT aptitude
test? Since aptitude tests have
become basis for selecting
candidates for job placement, it
would make lots of sense to have
them incorporated into our
curriculum.
1.Film Making
Making films is an excellent
vehicle of self-expression. Not
everyone is cut out for blogging
or playing an instrument, and the
world has more than enough
bad poetry as it is. Films have
become a part of our everyday
lives, from big-budget
blockbusters to amusing no-
budget clips on YouTube.
Teaching students to make more
effective videos is not only good
for keeping students interested
in their lessons, for once, but it
also means that there will be
more high-quality content
available in the future. The entire
world will thank you for that.
2.Job Searching
At around age 24, students will
graduate from depending on
other people to meet their needs,
and be thrust out into the real
world to fend for themselves.
Some of them will delay entry
into the work force by obtaining
further certification, but the end
result is the same – they need to
be able to find a job. Rather than
allowing hordes of students to
list their Playstation high scores
on their resumes and wear
pyjamas to their job interviews, it
would be in everyone’s best
interest if students learned the
ins and outs of convincing
someone to hire you while still at
school.
3.Money Management
Yes, math is taught in schools.
No, that kind of math isn’t doing
anyone any practical good. You
will never need to do coordinate
geometry while paying your
taxes, and you’ll never have to
work with radians at the grocery
store. Unless kids are fortunate
enough to have been brought up
in a rare household that isn’t bad
at literally everything pertaining
to money, they’re going to have a
rough time once they’ve been
cast out of the academic womb.
What percentage of their
monthly budget should go to
rent? For kids who’ve never
faced greater financial
responsibility than paying for
their own video games, these are
the great mysteries of life – and
they shouldn’t have to be.
4.Social Skills
Despite popular belief, people are
not born with perfect social
skills; they learn them. Some
children are graced with
interactive families and plenty of
cheek-pinching relatives to teach
them good manners early on.
Other children are allowed to
spend most of their time alone,
slowly reverting to their
evolutionary roots. Even the most
well-adjusted child is going to
have some tricky situations to
deal with in life. How do you
cope with a co-worker who
steals credit for your ideas? What
are you supposed to do when
you want to break off a
relationship with someone who
hasn’t really done anything
wrong? How do you deal with a
roommate who won’t pay his
share of the rent on time and
keeps getting into trouble? A few
classes on social skills could really
help students to navigate these
unavoidable situations.
5.Practical Mechanics
From oil changes to shattered
iDevice screens, there are plenty
of quick fixes in life that you
should know how to do yourself.
Sure, a computer technician will
always be there, happily taking
your Naira notes in exchange for
running a can of compressed air
over your computer fan and
evicting the family of mice living
underneath the motherboard,
but you can save a lot of time
and money by doing it yourself.
Everything you buy will break at
some point, and many people
don’t have the skills needed to
un-break them.

well, I just they waka pass.But all this in the same educational sector that has already degenerated to something else?

You need the coonection of a senator here...if not this your proposed bill won't be passed.

Nice topic, but op u creat anoda medium for lecturers to exploit student tru hand out n scanty text books at exurbitant prices or s.ex. I buy hand out n materials tire so tey now I dey request for hand out from my boss in my place of work.

ChiSun27: You need the coonection of a senator here...if not this your proposed bill won't be passed.

oya nao hint me