Comments on: Should There Be Mandatory Personal Finance Classes In High Schools?

By: Personal Finance In Education « Eliminate The Muda!

Personal Finance In Education « Eliminate The Muda! — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:09:55 +0000

[...] post on how little most of the middle class has saved, and an older post by Bible Money Matters on whether classes in school should be [...]

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Personal Finance and the NYC Marathon — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:56:40 +0000

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Best of Personal Finance for June 26th, 2009 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:30:23 +0000

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Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:21:57 +0000

[...] at Bible Money Matters wonders if schools should be required to teach personal finance classes. I think it’s a great idea, just ask my [...]

By: Corporate Barbarian

Corporate Barbarian — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:27:16 +0000

I gave my son a summer reading assignment: The Wealthy Barber. He just graduated from high school, and I figured this wouldn’t be so heavy-handed. I’m determined not to have him fall into the same trap that I did at a young age.

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By: Kristin

Kristin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:42:13 +0000

I too believe that it should be taught in school. Maybe the teachers could send home an outline of stuff they talked about so the parents could review it with their kids. My parents didn’t teach me much about money. I believed that the ATM was a money tree until I was in 4th or 5th grade… sad. I now have a load of student loans that are in grace – I know for sure that I would have benefited from a school finance program.

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By: Olivia

Olivia — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:16:07 +0000

It couldn’t hurt to learn it in school. My parents used the “we don’t talk about it” parenting method, so learning by trial and error on my own without any framework has been needlessly time consuming. I’ve tried to teach our kids life skills. It would be great to have these reinforced from another source.

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Link Roundup - Physical Fitness Edition | Do You Dave Ramsey? — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:02:55 +0000

[...] Peter over at Bible Money Matters asks if Personal Finance should be a mandatory class in High School [...]

By: MoneyEnergy

MoneyEnergy — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:50:54 +0000

I just read last night, actually, that the State of Tennessee requires these classes, too - I think I retweeted it from someone. The article mentioned one particular county, but I think it was implied that the whole state decided this. Maybe someone else can confirm. Personally, I think it would be valuable and important as a required single course. After that, perhaps some students could elect to take more advanced versions of it if they wanted. But everyone should need the basic course. The only question, then: who teaches it? Would you want Suze or Dave to teach it? Or a B.Ed. grad who hasn't read many PF books or is even out of debt him/herself, or who doesn't care? MoneyEnergys last blog post..Michael Jackson Money Management - Just Budget!

By: Do You Dave Ramsey?

Do You Dave Ramsey? — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:42:41 +0000

In a word YES! Too many kids don't think about this stuff nor fo they have any other sort of uniform training or exposure to it. The reality is that Personal Finance is THE MOST IMPORTANT topic a student can learn. Heck, a civil servant making near minimum wage died recently and left an estate worth roughly $1 million. WOW. That tells me that PF can be a foundation for successful living regardless of your income level or career track or any other external measure of success. Great topic, Dave Do You Dave Ramsey?s last blog post..Be in the Business of Being Yourself