What’s One Skill Schools Should Teach But Don’t?
By cuttyrish
@cuttyrish (3264)
United States
May 21, 2026 11:46pm CST
For me, I think schools should teach more about financial literacy. A lot of students graduate knowing advanced math formulas but still don’t know how to budget money, save properly, avoid debt, or manage expenses in real life.
I honestly think lessons about saving, investing, taxes, and handling money would help students much more in adulthood.
I remeber reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad Before, the author Robert Kiyosaki highlighted, educational systems mostly teach students how to be employees, but never equip them with the tools to master money or recover from failure
What skill do you think schools should teach that would actually be useful in everyday life?
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7 responses
@LindaOHio (223811)
• United States
22 May
I have said for years that students should learn how to balance a checkbook and learn about saving money, mortgages, etc.
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@Ineeddentures (39551)
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6 Jun
Schools should teach about what happens to people when they become adults.
Every aspect of adult life.
Let kids know the possibilities
It's only fair
@FourWalls (87979)
• United States
22 May
Definitely financial information, especially budgeting.
Reading, writing, and arithmetic would also be nice…

@JudyEv (385379)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 May
I think financial literacy is very iimportant as you say. Parenting skills would be a very good idea too.









