10th February 2023, 11:40 PM
Based on what I've read, the reason why schools never teach anything about money or building wealth is because the school system got hijacked by John Rockefeller.
A really dumb quote that Rockefeller said was: “I don’t want a nation of thinkers. I want a nation of workers.â€
Being a business owner, Rockefeller wanted skilled employees, so he created the General Education Board in 1903 to essentially turn the education system into an employee factory.
And now, schools pretty much prepare kids to become employees. If you want to be an investor or business owner for a living, then you won't learn very much from school. I wish I realized this earlier and didn't spend so much time studying stuff that would be useless to me.
Since the government decides what's taught in schools, I don't think money and wealth building will ever become a subject because turning people into workers instead of thinkers is what the government wants. Employees become tax payers, and employment provides people with a stable life, most of the time. And although it won't provide people with their dream life, it's a low risk, low reward path that makes a stable society.
Do I think money should be taught in schools? Yes. It's probably the most important thing in life, and from my experience, the teachers at school try to pretend it's not by saying stupid stuff like "money can't buy happiness", or "money isn't everything". And while the government probably won't allow schools to teach that, there is something that they can do.
If schools paid for an expert who offered after-school or weekend classes about money and wealth building, thereby making it not a part of the school program, I'm sure parents would love that.
A really dumb quote that Rockefeller said was: “I don’t want a nation of thinkers. I want a nation of workers.â€
Being a business owner, Rockefeller wanted skilled employees, so he created the General Education Board in 1903 to essentially turn the education system into an employee factory.
And now, schools pretty much prepare kids to become employees. If you want to be an investor or business owner for a living, then you won't learn very much from school. I wish I realized this earlier and didn't spend so much time studying stuff that would be useless to me.
Since the government decides what's taught in schools, I don't think money and wealth building will ever become a subject because turning people into workers instead of thinkers is what the government wants. Employees become tax payers, and employment provides people with a stable life, most of the time. And although it won't provide people with their dream life, it's a low risk, low reward path that makes a stable society.
Do I think money should be taught in schools? Yes. It's probably the most important thing in life, and from my experience, the teachers at school try to pretend it's not by saying stupid stuff like "money can't buy happiness", or "money isn't everything". And while the government probably won't allow schools to teach that, there is something that they can do.
If schools paid for an expert who offered after-school or weekend classes about money and wealth building, thereby making it not a part of the school program, I'm sure parents would love that.
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