In a testament to the stories we tell ourselves, 24-year-old Rhiannon Weisz is currently filing her taxes and grumbling about how “school never taught us the important, useful things,” as if she remembers literally anything from school at all.
“It’s just so frustrating that we had to learn a
You can teach critical thinking with almost any topic, but I’d say understanding tax system in the place you live should be very important.
Btw why not simplify AND teach taxes in schools?
i think that this is a good point. you’re right that they’re not mutually exclusive.
my main thing is that i don’t think taxes should be so complicated that there needs to be a whole class dedicated to them. but making taxes part of a “practical life skills” class (for example) would probably be a good idea.
Yeah, even with simpler taxes, graduated tax brackets are a concept that a lot of adults don’t get.
I agree it’s important, but don’t agree there should be a class on it. Something has to be removed to put something in. What do you propose removing? It should be discussed in a civics lesson, but there should be no need to learn how to do it, because it should just be done for you. They have all the information they need. They can trivially just tell you what it is and send a confirmation.