@futurebird I went to a private catholic school in middle school (my uncle who was better off than us paid for my tuition presumably because he was worried about my soul, it was certainly not for quality of education lmao)
nearly all the parents were well off, and one time they had a parent who I think was like a fiduciary (can you be a fiduciary? I mean like, investor guy) come in to give us the students financial advice.
I'm sure this will shock you but the words "Roth IRA" don't mean much to a 13-year-old on food stamps!
Like admittedly I'm on SSI so I can't save much money without being kicked off it so I am sort of uh... worried about the future regardless of if the US collapses.
Also admittedly I hated geometry (I did algebra fine, could not wrap my head around geometry, yes since I enjoy doing things like crochet and amigurumi I do realize this is kind of ironic) but.... do people who complain schools didn't teach them to do taxes realize that many public libraries this time of year will offer to help you with your taxes if you come in at certain times (I must stress it is not the librarians helping you, at least in my town, they just arrange for people who CAN help you to come in) though looking at my library's page you do have to make an appointment.
Like I do understand the complaints about "School didn't teach me how to do thing fundamental as an adult" because a lot of my life (and I don't think it's just because I haven't met the milestones of "successful adult" previous generations were big on) as there's a lot of knowledge of resources that don't get passed around, but depending on the complaint (for example, if it's lack of DIY skills or car stuff, maybe because NCLB forced your school to scrap automotive / shop / home ec classes?) I'm not sure it's fair to blame the school