This is our catalog of courses. We will occasionally adjust the course listing to reflect the addition of new courses and the retirement of others.
Get the skills you need to be successful in life outside of your parents’ home. In this course, you’ll learn the basics to being a responsible adult from finding a job to paying bills to caring for your car (and much, much more).
Special notes: This course is co-taught by Inshal Chenet And Jason Negri. Course materials are provided free.
Total classes: 12
Duration: 55 minutes
Prerequisite: None
Suggested grade level: 9th – 12th grade
Suggested credit: One full semester Life Skills
Description
The hardest thing about graduating high school is the long list of adult activities that were never explained. We polled college students to find what they wished they had learned: tire changes, jump-starting, budgets, the 80/20 rule, taxes, credit cards, job searching, and much more.
Outline
Class 1: Intro to Class; Why we are here
Class 2: Time Scheduling; decision fatigue; space organization
Class 3: Spreadsheets; Finances & Budget
Class 4: Taxes
Class 5: Insurance
Class 6: Loans and Credit
Class 7: How to be miserable; making S.M.A.R.T. goals
Class 8: Cars: What’s under the hood?
Class 9: Cars: Tire changes & air; jump starting
Class 10: Cars: Traffic laws; accident protocol
Class 11: Cars: What do the warning lights mean?
Class 12: Make-up day; Student free-for-all questions on any topic
Materials and Homework
Course materials: All course materials are provided FREE by the instructors as PDF files.
Homework: Homework will include short readings, practical exercises (putting lessons into action), and auto-graded quizzes. Time spent on homework will vary but expect to spend approximately one hour outside of the classroom on your assignments.
