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Mitochondria (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by Zpk1a to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It has been taught, you weren't listening during math/economy classes dipshit

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

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 -4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

the normal one.

Apparently, not being American (I'm guessing) is considered "not being normal".

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] Maalus 7 points 1 week ago

I hear so many weird ass things from people in the US. Plenty of "why were we taught this and that" as if learning the countries in Europe is somehow some esoteric knowledge. And then I remember having to learn all the countries in the world, all of the US states, all of the capitals for 90% of the countries, all the seas, rivers etc. It's really funny seeing people complain about the tiniest of things they had to learn as if it was med school.

[–] Maggoty 2 points 1 week ago

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