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Location: East Texas | I am going to be teaching HS ag classes this year, and I thought in one of my classes I would have a weekly segment called "stuff you need to know how to do". Stuff like: how to switch out a light fixture or install a ceiling fan, change a tire, rewire a trailer, cut and glue pvc pipe, run a washer/dryer, etc. I know you guys can come up with a ton of ideas for this. So let's hear them. |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | Use and read a tape measure. Using basic power tools, drills, recip saws, jig saw, skil saw, sand paper, hack saw.
ANd know what they are. What types of drill bits to use - concrete, wood, etc. What type of screws to use, wood, metal.
What type of tape to use, duct, electrical, the white kind for water pipes. How to hang a picture and the correct items to use. How to change a water faucet. Inside and out. How to turn off the well.
How to make chains and what kind of hooks for towing. How to hook and unhook trailers. Just walk around while you are at your farm. The things we all take for granted, a million people don't know how to do.
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| How to replace the flapper on a toilet that keeps running water, how to reset your circuit breaker, how to replace your wiper blades... awesome topic for HS kids, by the way! |
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Location: NW. Florida | How to balance a checkbook. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | How to balance a check book
How to manage your monthly pay check or weekly pay check.
Saftey while digging post holes
What to do in emergency situations -involving equiptment, horses, vehicles, etc.
How to change a trailer tire safely on the side of the road
How to change an inner wheel of a dually.
How to do your taxes
How to vote (not politically but the process.)
What taxes are and why they are needed
How to write a resume and cover letter to a business who did not solicit it and one for those who did.
How to apply for a loan
How to apply for a college loan
How to build your credit and why it is useful and needed
How to buy a car or house and why you should put a downpayment down.
What interest is and how it works
How a credit card works
How to pay a bill
How to write a check
How to get the heighth of a water tower/barn, etc by the pitch of the shadow.
How to jumpstart a car
How to properly stack hay and why it matters
How to plan out a monthly budget
How to prepare a grocery list based off items needed to make dinner
How to boil/scramble an egg, make toast, and not burn bacon!  
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| EXCELLENT idea! EVERY high school should be teaching classes on life skills - ought to be a mandatory class!  |
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| One of the guys I work with has a son who has left for college, he had to GOOGLE how to use a dryer - I was SHOCKED!  Parents are not helping their kids be self-sufficient by doing everything for them! |
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| How to clean, I have hired many youth in the past 35 years that don't have a clue how to clean anything, from sweeping to window washing.
Basic animal care, animals need to be fed every day. |
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| How to read a paycheck stubb, as in you work 35 and a half hours at $9.65 an hour. You work 43 hours in a week at $10.50 an hour. Gross pay, net pay. As long as humans make out paychecks, there will be errors! I know 4 TEACHERS that had mistakes for 12 months and never caught it. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | A good strong Work Ethic. Teaching respect/manners of others and their property so that they will be repsected. |
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Location: LuluLand~along I64 Indiana | how to read actual road signs and a map. |
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Location: Aubrey, Texas | What Lulu said! And while you're at it, please teach them their directions. I can't tell you how many people I've encountered who don't know south from west; plus, Interstate Highways going north/south will be numbered in odd numbers while Interstate Highways going east/west will be even numbers. |
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | How to change your own oil.
Read a map, without the help of gps.
Canning garden vegetables, fruit, etc.
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Location: Woodstown, NJ | What a great teacher you are! And you got some fantastic ideas! I would add how to talk to people on the phone. "Hi. This is Mary Smith. Who am I speaking to please?" And they should write it down, including the date, especially when they're making calls to doctors' offices. This has saved me many times. |
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Location: southeast Texas | A teacher I know has the Dave Ramsey class for her students |
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Location: Texas | I agree on the balancing your checkbook idea.
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Location: Phoenix | roxieannie - 2017-08-10 5:50 AM A teacher I know has the Dave Ramsey class for her students
Boom.
My mom taught me about balancing the checkbook and it stuck with me. But I never learned how to A RUALLY budget. I was just paying bills and doing whatever the hell with the remainder. WRONG! Every dollar needs a name. Otherwise you're just eating it! |
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| I wonder why my individual post got deleted on here???? |
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Location: Way up North | All these are really good but the emergency first aid for human and animals would be huge. Accidents happen all the time and a little education could go a long ways in saving a life or minimizing damage.
Teaching how to give shots and what size needles would be helpful too. I see a lot of people want to DIY their vet stuff but haven't the foggiest of what they are doing and end up with abcesses and a big mess.
How to apply for a loan for equipment, livestock, etc. How to calculate payoff, how much your dowpayment affects it, and how much interest will cost you over the life of the loan.
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | AllAroundRider - 2017-08-10 9:42 AM All these are really good but the emergency first aid for human and animals would be huge. Accidents happen all the time and a little education could go a long ways in saving a life or minimizing damage.
Teaching how to give shots and what size needles would be helpful too. I see a lot of people want to DIY their vet stuff but haven't the foggiest of what they are doing and end up with abcesses and a big mess.
How to apply for a loan for equipment, livestock, etc. How to calculate payoff, how much your dowpayment affects it, and how much interest will cost you over the life of the loan.
I am so amazed that when an accident happens (like for example a foreign object penetrating skin on animals or humans) people automatically want to pull the object out. What if that object is blocking a main vein and preventing animals or people from bleeding out? DON'T TOUCH IT!  |
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