text: Well, most people should learn how to handle money, and learn why credit is really voluntary servitude, but they don't teach that in school, either.\n\nAt some point in time, you have to draw a line about what is proper for the school to teach, and what the parents/family have to teach.  Basic hygiene, money matters, religion, etc, are all really the responsibility of the parent, not the school.  \n\nOur schools do a rotten enough job trying to teach reading, math, and basic sciences.   I don't think they can handle anything else.