• Bronzebeard@lemm.ee
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      This is what used to be taught in home economics class. Now it’s just sewing and baking.

      Knowing math isn’t always enough to navigate the oft poorly written tax forms.

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        Tax forms change. And some little shit complaining “why do we have to learn percentages? Teach us something useful like how to do our taxes.” would make for a better joke. And it would be more accurate.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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      I have never heard of an economy class in high school. And our math teacher did a tiny thing on compound interest in general when we finished a quiz early.

      So I don’t know what school you went to but it wasn’t the normal one.

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        the normal one.

        Apparently, not being American (I’m guessing) is considered “not being normal”.

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          I went to an American public school that taught economics. We also had a project for building a household budget.

          The county I grew up in was a little bougie, which rather explains it all.

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          Well no. I freely admit I’m posting about the absolute slop that is American public education.