Kaylin Signor
Melinda Schroeder
English 101
11-23-16
Should Basic Living Skills Be
Taught In Public High Schools? Outline
I.
Introduction
a. Thesis.
b. Where
I stand (for).
c. Outline
of how and why these should be taught.
II.
Classes to be taught
a. Basic cooking (how to read a cookbook, measure ingredients, not burn the pie).
b. Money
management (checking account, budgeting, insurance, taxes).
c. Car management (how to change the oil, check tire pressure)
d. Job
resumes and application.
e. Basic sewing (how to mend clothes, thread machines/needles)
e. Basic sewing (how to mend clothes, thread machines/needles)
III.
Proof 1
a. College
attendance grows, but graduating does not.
b. Skills
like communication, time management, and budgeting could help.
c. One
simple class could cover these.
IV.
Other side’s proof 1
a. Easier
to Google “how to write a check” than “Newtonian Physics”.
b. True,
but how often will you use “Newtonian Physics”.
c. Other
education shouldn’t be dropped, life skills should just be an option.
V.
Proof 2
a. Home economics classes are disappearing as
funding is cut.
b. It’s
simple to require just one class.
c. Classes
do not have to be required, but requiring them might force schools to keep them
available.
VI.
Other side’s proof 2
a. Parents
should teach children these things.
b. Why do
parents send children to school? That’s right, to be taught because they must
work.
c. What
about kids in Foster Care? Or who have parents that are in and out of their
lives? Who’s going to teach them?
VII.
Conclusion
a. Re-state
thesis.
b. Summarize
pros and cons.
c. Point
out how easy one class a year would be to go over these things.
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