News isn't just about politics, and you don't need to dwell on personal beliefs to spot responsible journalism - in fact, that's the point of responsible reporting and editorial content, to give more than one POV. That's akin to saying I can't do my job because of my personal beliefs, which is not true. I've been doing it for almost 20 years with very few complaints. I never had a GOOD editor who would've let me get by with writing something blatantly partisan without a counter elsewhere on the same topic.
Besides, perpetuating their ignorance that close to adulthood doesn't do them or us any favors. A kid can vote and join the military, and enter into contracts at age 18. Saying we don't tackle something that contains politics would pretty much keep history out of schools, don't you think? And geography and literature (think of Swift and so many other writers)? And sex education?
ETA2 because I can't damn well spell: Forgot this part - we had a class when I was in jr. high on life skills you mention, and I've never heard of anyone else having this in school. As I said below, you could couple this with my idea for a semester, and make the other semester basic Economics as a requirement to graduate (that's what ours was).
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Besides, perpetuating their ignorance that close to adulthood doesn't do them or us any favors. A kid can vote and join the military, and enter into contracts at age 18. Saying we don't tackle something that contains politics would pretty much keep history out of schools, don't you think? And geography and literature (think of Swift and so many other writers)? And sex education?
ETA2 because I can't damn well spell: Forgot this part - we had a class when I was in jr. high on life skills you mention, and I've never heard of anyone else having this in school. As I said below, you could couple this with my idea for a semester, and make the other semester basic Economics as a requirement to graduate (that's what ours was).