Comments on: Personal Finance 101: What Should Be Taught In High School?

By: Christina

Christina — Tue, 04 May 2010 23:12:30 +0000

You make some great points, but I think you would be pleased to hear that I actually learned a lot about personal finance in high school. Economics and Personal Finance classes were thrown at us in every direction. There were even investing classes that required us to look at the stock market, subscribe to penny stock newsletters, and we even got to play a stock market game in one class (it was like the stock market, but we didn't use real money). I know one of the newsletters I am still subscribed to today from bullrally.com. We also had people come in and talk to us about the importance of saving and how one dollar a day could do so much for us in 60 years.

By: Christina

Christina — Tue, 04 May 2010 19:12:30 +0000

By: rama

rama — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 02:12:42 +0000

The value of saving should be taught in high school. A little background in Investing in business won't hurt. The consequence of living extravagantly like falling into debt and the need for debt elimination. Moral values in finances such as honestly is also very important to instill in early age.

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By: Cash Maker Elite

Cash Maker Elite — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:03:24 +0000

I agree with Stock Market 101. We need to have a fun way to introduce children to the concept of money at home first before implementing programs within our school systems. Otherwise, lots of children will be left behind.

By: Stock Market 101

Stock Market 101 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:30:58 +0000

I think money teaching should start sooner then high school. If people even realized how much money came out of their checks each month (with direct deposit they really don't pay attention any more) they may be more politically involved also.

Teaching it at school though probably won't help much if there is no good examples at home, but it's better than nothing.

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By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:57:36 +0000

I was taught to write a check during grammar school–but never how to balance the actual check book. These building blocks of personal finance would have been a valued skill I would have loved to acquire early on….