Many things children learn in school don’t prepare them for the challenges they will face in real life. Schools don’t teach how to file your taxes or how to cook a healthy meal—let alone that they introduce healthy sexual values. The Independent asked education experts what they would add to the schools’ curriculum. Here are the 6 lessons they came up with.
Schools should teach these life lessons to navigate the real world
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