學校里不教(但應(yīng)該學)的5種技能

學校里不教(但應(yīng)該學)的5種技能

In an age of standardized testing, students are spending more time learning how to fill in a circle with a pencil and less time learning skills that might help them get by — and get ahead — in life.

在標準化考試的時代，學生們花更多的時間學習如何用鉛筆畫圓，而花更少的時間學習可能幫助他們在生活中獲得成功的技能。

Here are five courses we wish more schools would add to their curriculum:

以下是我們希望更多學校增加的五門課程:

1.First aid. Along with CPR, students should learn other lifesaving skills such as the Heimlich maneuver as well as first aid basics like identifying an allergic reaction, making a splint, preventing infection and bandaging a wound.

急救。除了心肺復蘇術(shù)，學生們還應(yīng)該學習其他拯救生命的技能，比如海姆利克氏操作法，以及一些基本的急救知識，比如識別過敏反應(yīng)、制作夾板、預防感染和包扎傷口。

It's key for young people to learn lifesaving skills like CPR and the Heimlich maneuver. (Photo: Andrey_Popov/Shutterstock)

2.Home repair. It's amazing how many tasks there are to do around a house or an apartment. While most of us know how to unclog a toilet or hang a picture on the wall, far fewer of us can fix a drippy sink, change an air conditioner filter or hang a (level) set of shelves.

家庭維修。在一所房子或一套公寓里要做的事情多得驚人。雖然我們大多數(shù)人都知道如何打開馬桶或在墻上掛一幅畫，但很少有人能修好滴水的水槽、更換空調(diào)過濾器或掛一組(水平)架子。

 (Photo: JESUS DE FUENSANTA/Shutterstock)

3. Car repair. Even if we're not the drivers, most of us spend a good deal of time in cars each week, so it's important to know skills such as how to jump start a dead battery, how to check the air pressure in your tires and how to change a flat. Bonus points for classes that go over "simple" skills that many students are ashamed to admit they're unsure about, like pumping gas and checking the oil level.

汽車修理。即使我們不是司機，我們大多數(shù)人每周也會花很多時間在汽車上，所以了解一些技能是很重要的，比如如何啟動一個沒電的電池，如何檢查輪胎的氣壓以及如何換胎。學習那些許多學生羞于承認自己不確定的“簡單”技能的課程，比如加油和檢查油位，可以加分。

What if you're by yourself on a rural road without phone reception and you get a flat tire? When you can't call roadside assistance, knowing how to change a tire is a safety skill. (Photo: SvedOliver/Shutterstock)

4.Swimming. Roughly 4,000 people die every year from accidental drowning. Most of those victims are under the age of 14. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for every child who dies from drowning, five more are treated in emergency departments for incidents related to drowning. Teaching kids to swim at a young age would go a long way toward minimizing these numbers.

游泳。每年大約有4000人死于意外溺水。這些受害者大多不到14歲。根據(jù)美國疾病控制與預防中心(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)的數(shù)據(jù)，每有一名溺水兒童死亡，就有五名兒童因溺水相關(guān)事件在急診室接受治療。在孩子很小的時候教他們游泳對減少這些數(shù)字大有幫助。

Kids who learn to swim possess a useful and potentially lifesaving skill that will be with them forever. (Photo: wavebeakmedia/Shutterstock)

5.Self-defense. When most people think about self-defense classes they think about learning tricks to break boards with their fists or karate chop their opponent in the side. But self-defense is about teaching kids how to protect themselves: how to prevent bullying, how to identify dangers on the street and how to react in an emergency. Self-defense classes help build confidence by teaching kids they have the power to keep themselves safe.

自衛(wèi)。當大多數(shù)人想到自衛(wèi)課的時候，他們想到的是學習用拳頭砸板或空手道砍對手側(cè)面的技巧。但自我防衛(wèi)是教孩子們?nèi)绾伪Ｗo自己:如何防止欺凌，如何識別街上的危險，以及如何在緊急情況下做出反應(yīng)。自衛(wèi)課程通過教給孩子們自我保護的能力，來幫助他們建立自信。