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| | :::I've taught roughly a thousand. I agree that cost-of-opportunity is a useful concept to teach them. I question, however, the addition of "destructive" to the point about values. Surely values can also have constructive effects? Teaching them to avoid destructive values is only half of the equation. --[[User:Benp|Benp]] 19:34, 31 August 2008 (EDT) | | :::I've taught roughly a thousand. I agree that cost-of-opportunity is a useful concept to teach them. I question, however, the addition of "destructive" to the point about values. Surely values can also have constructive effects? Teaching them to avoid destructive values is only half of the equation. --[[User:Benp|Benp]] 19:34, 31 August 2008 (EDT) |
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| | + | :::: You've taught about a thousand teenagers??? I bet quite a few of them ended up becoming addicted, imprisoned or depressed, after adopting [[Hollywood values]]. Tell them beforehand and the disastrous outcomes are less likely.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 19:44, 31 August 2008 (EDT) |
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| | :::Most teens I've met (and I'll concede that I haven't yet taught 145), don't ''care'' about opportunity cost, (the same reason you objected to 6-7). That said, I agree that opportunity cost is a great life lesson, but also that some things are more important than money, (spending time with family even though you can be earning $$$). [[User:DLerner|DLerner]] 18:43, 31 August 2008 (EDT) | | :::Most teens I've met (and I'll concede that I haven't yet taught 145), don't ''care'' about opportunity cost, (the same reason you objected to 6-7). That said, I agree that opportunity cost is a great life lesson, but also that some things are more important than money, (spending time with family even though you can be earning $$$). [[User:DLerner|DLerner]] 18:43, 31 August 2008 (EDT) |
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| | + | :::: They care once it's explained to them. But most people won't explain [[opportunity cost]] to young people.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 19:44, 31 August 2008 (EDT) |
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| | There are three kinds of teachers: those who can count, and those who can't. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 18:51, 31 August 2008 (EDT) | | There are three kinds of teachers: those who can count, and those who can't. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 18:51, 31 August 2008 (EDT) |
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| | :There are 10 kinds: those who understand binary, and those who don't. ;) --[[User:Benp|Benp]] 19:36, 31 August 2008 (EDT) | | :There are 10 kinds: those who understand binary, and those who don't. ;) --[[User:Benp|Benp]] 19:36, 31 August 2008 (EDT) |