Do Our High Schools Teach Students the Real Basics of Life? A couple of months ago my 18 year old son had to mail a letter off to request his high school transcripts. Before it went into the mailbox I took a look at it and realized that he had the “to” and “from” labels backwards. It never occurred to me that my son wouldn’t know how to mail off a letter properly. When I was younger, in elementary school and even higher, we had to send off letters to pen pals, government officials, and even some companies seeking correspondence. Everything is done digitally now so my son had never had to learn. At the same time, I’m seeing credit card offers coming for him in the mail. He’s almost 19, so legally he can get one if he wanted to, but what a huge mistake that would be for him at this point in his life. He’d have $10,000 racked up in debt in no time. We’ve sat down together and discussed how credit cards and other loans work so I know he has some basic knowledge, but I would re