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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many high schools have a financial literacy math course.  [/quote]

Those classes aren't useful, statistically speaking.

Unfortunately, the [b]traditional Home Ec classes have been eliminated, for a variety of specious reasons.[/b] There are a few that incidentally teach some skills (Shop class may have a strange pseudo-existence under various Engineering monikers), but otherwise there are a couple of specialized courses in places like FCPS's Academy.

Most of the big youth programs are on their way down, skill-wise (FFA, 4H, Girl Scouts, the Institution Formerly Known as Boy Scouts), but nevertheless are substantially better than nothing. Some of the small, usually very religious groups that are springing up in the wake of the decline are actually pretty good, but most people on this board react to them as a vampire does a cross.

If you are in Prince William County, there are volunteer fire stations that still have youth programs, and these are pretty stellar, as far as life skills go. Not just the intentional: turn up on time, be well turned out, interact with people senior to you in a hierarchy, basic first aid, knot tying... but also the incidental: help prepare a meal for the crew, learn the difference between diesel and gasoline.

There are a variety of after-school classes -- e.g. through Fairfax County's ACE or Parktakes -- that can help provide some structure, but TBH a lot of what you want is going to be on you working through minor repair jobs, cooking, paying taxes, etc.

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Every middle school in FCPS offers FACS which teaches cooking and sewing among other things. Personal finance is a required class in high school. [/quote]

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