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This document appears to discuss the importance of practical knowledge and skills for various aspects of life. It mentions the need for educational programs that teach students skills to handle everyday situations. It might be related to education policy or a similar topic.
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Today Today itit seems seems that that youngsters youngsters are are generally generally sent sentinto into the world with...
Today Today itit seems seems that that youngsters youngsters are are generally generally sent sentinto into the world with the world with plenty plenty of of education education but very little but very little practical practical knowledge knowledge to to help help themthem navigate navigate through through everyday life. However, there are everyday life. However, there are a a lot of skills that should be taught at lot of skills that should be taught at school. school. ForFor example, the spread of obesity and diabetes calls for nutritional education. Schools example, the spread of obesity and diabetes calls for nutritional education. Schools could could ensure ensure that that students students learn learn howhow to to make make positive positive dietary dietary decisions decisions before before negative negative lifestyle lifestyle habits habits can can become become ingrained. ingrained. The The school school curriculum curriculum should should include include a a mandatory mandatory educational educational programme programme that that provides provides background background information information and practice in reading food labels, making smart and practice in reading food labels, making smart nutritional decisions and cooking. nutritional decisions and cooking. People People who who frequently frequently cook cook meals meals at at home home eat eat healthier healthier and and consume consume fewer fewer calories calories than those who cook less. than those who cook less. Students Students should should also also be be taught taught to to take take proper proper carecare of of themselves themselves and and others others byby being being able able to to recognize recognize the the signs signs of of dangerous dangerous medical medical conditions conditions and and provide provide basic and emergency basic and emergency first aid. From administering CPR or first aid. From administering CPR or the Heimlich maneuver, the Heimlich maneuver, to to treating allergic reactions and stopping bleeding, first aid techniques can treating allergic reactions and stopping bleeding, first aid techniques can save save lives. lives. Martial Martial arts arts should should also also be be part part ofof the the curriculum curriculum as as a a means means of of self-defence self-defence and and attaining attaining self-confidence. self-confidence. Martial Martial artsarts could could notnot only only solve solve thethe problem problem of of bullying bullying in in school, school, but but also also have have the the effect effect of of reducing, reducing, ratherrather thanthan increasing increasing the violent the violent impulses impulses in in students. students. Students Students should should also also learn learn to take social to take social media media and and internet internet safety safety seriously seriously andand to to handle themselves properly on handle themselves properly on such platforms. Apart from the basic importance of such platforms. Apart from the basic importance of teaching teaching students students to to recognize recognize and and report report predators, predators, as well as as well as to to discourage discourage cyberbullyi cyberbullyi ng, ng, students students shou shou Id Id receive receive a a proper proper education education on on digital digital behaviour. behaviour. From From avoiding avoiding social oversharing, to maintaining privacy and preserving one's public reputation, social oversharing, to maintaining privacy and preserving one's public reputation, students students needneed to to know know how how to to exist exist safely safely andand how how to to self-regulate self-regulate in in a a digital digital world. world. Personal Personal finance finance classes classes could could teachteach students students financial financial success success and and security security by by explaining how to prepare explaining how to prepare a a budget, refine saving strategies, or budget, refine saving strategies, or invest money. invest money. Teaching Teaching money money management management should should also also include include a a real real understanding understanding of of credit credit and and its its potential potential consequences. consequences. Understanding Understanding how how interest interest ratesrates work work could could prevent prevent young young adults adults from from falling falling victim victim to to deceptive deceptive marketing marketing strategies strategies or or credit credit card card companies. companies. Humans Humans can't can't always always controlcontrol nature, nature, not not even even withwith the the most most cutting-edge cutting-edge technologies. technologies. So, So, students students should should learnlearn basic basic survival survival skillsskills toto be be able able toto handle handle different different natural natural disasters. disasters. Instructing Instructing survival survival skills skills is is one one of of the the best best ways ways to to teach teach students how to make fire or students how to make fire or find the way find the way without a without a GPS, how to think quickly, assess GPS, how to think quickly, assess situations, situations, findfind solutions, solutions, and and become become self-reliant. self-reliant. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 ee ee ee fF FT FF. TT FF fT --,i