Adulting Skills Summer 2021

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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.)

• Romance - How to choose a compatible life partner; how to maintain a relationship; how to avoid abusive relationships  

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

• Household maintenance - clean, ironing and other household tasks

• Car and Bike Maintenance

• Career options after high school - college, trade school, military, work, entrepreneurship Career discussion. Students may not be prepared to make a career choice at this point in their lives, but we intend to get them thinking about some of their options

• How to excel in any job

• 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 

• Leadership

• Communication and Etiquette

• Simple Meal Preparation

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, group projects and hands on activities!

Schedule for Summer 2021:

June 7-18 M-F 1:30PM - 4:00PM

Location:

First United Methodist Church

315 N Church St

McKinney, TX 75069

Price:

 $400