Cardi B says economics needs to be taught in high school

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

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In fairness we did some of that where I went to high school. In a class called "World Problems" we learned to balance a checkbook and fill out a short form tax return. It's been 45 years however so I don't know what kids are taught today.

[IcyPeas]

1. we had economics in my high school

and on top of that I had a bit of a crush on my economics teacher.

[Initech]

8. We had economics in my high school too.

It was taught at 7:00 in the morning, most people in my class were half asleep at the time.

[redstatebluegirl]

2. I had it in my high school, but I don't think they teach it anymore.

Economics and Civics are relics of the past.

[Igel]

25. Depends on the state.

In Texas there's an "economics of free system" course that's required for seniors to graduate.

And if you have trouble with Algebra II, there's a junior/senior math class which, among other things, includes how to read a bank statement and balance your checkbook. Personally I think exempting the pre-calculus kids from that last course is a mistake.

[redstatebluegirl]

35. I agree about exempting kids from that course.

I learned those skills at the dining room table helping my Dad with the farm accounts and taxes. Kids now do not learn those things at home.

[LakeArenal]

26. As are music and art.

[Nature Man]

3. Maybe this person needs an English teacher first?

But yeah, kids should be taught about compound interest and suchlike. Schools should teach the things that rich fathers and mothers teach their fortunate offspring.

[HipChick]

5. Seems to have done really well regardless..

[Nature Man]

6. Money can probably buy a person

basic English competency, enough to master subject/verb agreement at least.

I wonder how much that would cost?

[Cuthbert Allgood]

9. How about you not grammar shame the woman who made it through a shit load of trauma.

Read about her life. She's incredible.

[Nature Man]

15. Grammar shame?

Is that the same as fart rape?

We didn't have to worry about grammar shaming way back a long time ago. The nuns would slap you with a ruler until you learned basic subject/verb agreement. God forbid you didn't memorize your times tables correctly.

I know you didn't intend a hilarious response, but I'm laughing my ass off right now.

Thanks for brightening my day a little.

We'll just add "grammar shaming" to the bucket of liberal caricatures.

[blogslut]

18. At least she isn't taken in by hoax memes

[irisblue]

24. Um

Fart rape is pretty dismissive term and a gross usage of the horrors that so often rape is.

Please consider that

[brush]

33. Hmmmm? Peculiar attitude for this site.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. Why?

[Nature Man]

16. mastery of subject/verb agreement?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

17. She has it mastered for the variant of English she speaks.

[Igel]

27. Sounds like hypercorrection for that variety. n/t

[apcalc]

32. Simple interest , and associated ideas are taught in my SD in 7th grade math.

Compound interest is taught during the time students learn logarithms, so they can solve the exponential, solve for the exponential, and all parts of the formula.

[ck4829]

4. Everyone teaches to proficiency tests nowadays

Economics wouldn't tell you how to fill in a bubble on a scantron sheet.

[msongs]

7. she needs to talk to the school grammar teacher as well lol nt

[cwydro]

19. Yeah, having an Econ class won't help if you don't pay attention.

Apparently she didn’t pay attention in English class...

[Blue_true]

37. You hit on the problem. A lot of kids simply are in school

as a cheap form of daycare for their parents. There is no expectation from home that they listen to their teachers and be respectful in class.

So, it doesn't matter what classes are offered to them, they are not going to take advantage of the free training.

[Vivienne235729]

11. What HS did she go to? We all took econ back in the day. My daughter is taking it now in 8th grade.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

13. She's from the Bronx

I think she says as much in her rant.

[happybird]

12. One of the most helpful and practical HS classes I had was called Consumer Math

I chose that “easy” class to avoid taking Algebra II. It turned out to be a great decision.
We learned how to decipher credit card offers, how different types of interest are calculated, loan agreements, the basics of the stock market and other investments, how to do taxes, all things banking, the basics of buying a house and what to look for (and avoid) in rental leases, figuring out a monthly budget ... all that good stuff and more.
Imho, it should be a required course, not an elective.

[Midnight Writer]

23. Should be required. I know lots of smart folk who are financially illiterate.

[Blue_true]

40. Very true. I was at one point. I understood complex technical issues, but not how

to evaluate which first car was best for me, or how to invest money. Kids need both, IMO, training that prepares them for the career that they plan to pursue and training on business and money matters because their life changes in time and those skills become valuable.

[Blue_true]

38. Sounds like a great class. You should have had to take both. I

believe that both are valuable in life later on. I trained as an engineer, I wish that I had taken some classes at the business college.

[lunasun]

14. Not a core requirement for graduation but is available here as an elective . We do not have much to

say about what our kids choices are but insisted this was important and had to take it
It should be core like she said so many come out non fuctional for an adult but can do honors biology
No clue because of school slant that is not well rounded anymore.Rec

[Codeine]

20. She's a horrible transphobe

and an all-around shitty human being. She also creates garbage music. Her opinion is less than meaningless.

[Nature Man]

22. I had no idea who it was

too lazy to find out.

Music stopped for me in 1979 anyway.

I know, it's soooo terrible, I'm sure I can be rehabilitated.

I usually notice what you say, you seem to have a good perspective which I really admire.

[superpatriotman]

21. Personal Finance

is not Economics

[Igel]

28. That's okay.

She also thinks Congress stipulates high-school graduation requirements.

She's equally adept in economics, grammar, and government. And, I hasten to imagine, music and fashion.

[live love laugh]

29. 💯... I think she meant personal finance.nt

[New Breed Leader]

30. Stick to twerking, cardi

[lapucelle]

34. Economics has been part of the NYS high school core curriculum since the 1990's,

so she's wrong about those classes not being available in high schools in the Bronx when she was in school.

She might also be interested to know that community college and state university are tuition free for NYS residents (thanks to the hard work of Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo), so students here in NY can learn about finance and economics on a college level for free.

[DangerousRhythm]

42. 1992 Bronx graduate here.

Never had an economics class at the Catholic school I attended. Maybe it became a thing from 1993 on?

[lapucelle]

43. There was a transition from 12th grade US History to Government and Economics in the 1990's,

but it was late in the decade. There are also a differences in requirements for local and Regents diplomas in NYS, and private / religious schools can opt out of certain requirements (or add additional requirements) by creating their own "school" version of the local diploma, subject to approval by the NYS Board of Regents.

Cardi B is 27 years old. That would mean she began high school around 2006-2007. She is clearly wrong in saying that high schools in the Bronx did not offer the standard NYS courses during her years as a student. Because she is making those assertions to an audience that believes her word and because the false narrative is in the service of a political agenda, this video is especially egregious.

Getting this fact wrong and spreading this particular falsehood in order to boost a politician's career is a slap in the face to all the parents, teachers, administrators, and activists who have been leading the long-standing fight for equity in education for all students in all communities.

[Mosby]

36. I don't know who she is so I googled her

First thing that came up:

https://pagesix.com/2020/02/17/cardi-b-matches-her-hair-to-her-20k-purple-hermes-handbag/

She sure knows how to spend money.

[dsc]

39. New York state literally requires economics to graduate

http://www.nysed.gov/curriculum-instruction/credit-requirements

One google search is all it took.

[Mersky]

41. Yeeeowww! She's correct!

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Finance and economics should be offered/required in high schools EVERYWHERE.

[Ilsa]

44. My son had Economics in high school.

It wasn't about writing checks, either. It was very fundamental, but it was still econ.

Did Cardi B not take an Econ class?

[Happy Hoosier]

45. My daughter took a semester of Econ in high school last year... NT

[In It to Win It]

46. There were (and still are) economics and accounting classes in my high school HOWEVER...

It wasn’t economics or accounting knowledge I use today. It isn’t economics or accounting knowledge I use in my personal life as most, if not all, of the knowledge given was from a corporate point of view.