Nothing is stopping us, ESPECIALLY HOME SCHOOLERS, from teaching these skills. In fact LOTS of home school curricula for practical things like home economics, auto maintenance and repair, even beginning entrepreneurship, are all available for anyone to purchase and use, whether you're home schooling or not.
You can do this, we must do this. Start a side class at the local church or community center for teens and adults. Small engine repair with someone from a real shop or the local tech college? How to do taxes, what credit cards and mortgages mean, how to figure out your real cost after all the interest payments...
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Nothing is stopping us, ESPECIALLY HOME SCHOOLERS, from teaching these skills. In fact LOTS of home school curricula for practical things like home economics, auto maintenance and repair, even beginning entrepreneurship, are all available for anyone to purchase and use, whether you're home schooling or not.
You can do this, we must do this. Start a side class at the local church or community center for teens and adults. Small engine repair with someone from a real shop or the local tech college? How to do taxes, what credit cards and mortgages mean, how to figure out your real cost after all the interest payments...