{"id":1417,"date":"2023-09-22T17:30:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T21:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journeywithadestination.com\/blog\/?p=1417"},"modified":"2023-09-22T19:17:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T23:17:36","slug":"free-personal-presentation-curriculum-for-7th-grade-adulthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journeywithadestination.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/22\/free-personal-presentation-curriculum-for-7th-grade-adulthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Personal Presentation Curriculum for 7th Grade Adulthood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our complete curriculum for personal presentation covers everything students need to maintain their clothes, dress like fully composed adults, care for their personal hygiene, and otherwise present themselves well.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Personal Presentation?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As we’ve previously described<\/a>, proper development of life skills is absolutely crucial for the long-term success of any graduate. Whereas most schools (including many homeschools) ignore or barely cover this topic, the Destination Method<\/a> devotes an entire academic subject – called “Adulthood” – to the study of essential skills for everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among these skills is the ability to respectably present oneself to the world via well-maintained clothing, good personal hygiene, and a basic sense of appropriate style for casual and professional events. Although virtually no schools bother to teach this topic, its importance is indisputable within the context of many of life’s most formative activities, including interviewing for a job, going on a date, working in a professional environment, attending weddings and other ceremonies, and simply interacting with the surrounding community. The common assumption that children will just “figure it out” on their own isn’t good enough: many never will, and the rest will never achieve the same level of confidence that they could have reached if someone had been kind enough to serve as a guide.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ignorance can be a Financial Drain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To a rapidly increasing degree, knowledge of personal presentation can also help students avoid major consumer pitfalls. The rampant inflation of the last several years has made clothing and personal care products much more expensive, while simultaneously, the quality of many brands has suffered. Making matters worse, “fast fashion” – the idea that clothes are only meant to be worn a handful of times before being replaced – has become the norm among young people. Many youths don’t know how to evaluate quality in clothing, and are easily fooled into purchasing cheap fast fashion products that are designed to break quickly. By spending a bit of time learning about how to cost-effectively plan and acquire a wardrobe, your child will be able to save serious money in the long-term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Topics Covered<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our curriculum covers the following topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n