Adulting Skills 101

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NOTE: DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, FALL 2020 COURSES WILL BE HELD ON ZOOM

Curriculum:

• Critical thinking, so they can evaluate new information

• Emotional intelligence so they can understand themselves and others, and make wise choices in life. (Developed with input from a psychiatrist.)

• Personal finance and financial literacy - how to budget, use credit,  use insurance etc 

• Household maintenance - clean, ironing and other household tasks

• Media literacy, so they can make objective decisions about advertisements etc.

• Time Management and Organization

• Methods of dealing with stress

• Health and Exercise

•  Rights of US citizens under the Constitution; how the government works 

Many of these subjects have no right or wrong answer; we will be introducing ideas and will be discussing them with the students, getting them to at least start thinking about them as a first step to coming to their own conclusions.  

Lesson Format:

Powerpoint based lectures, with plenty of classroom discussion and group projects

Schedule for Fall 2020:

Saturdays Sep 12 - Oct 10, 2PM - 4:30PM (5 classes)

Location:

Online (Zoom) 

Price:

 $200