What would you do if you if your parents gave you a hundred dollars? Would you spend it or save? What if you went to a store and you found something that cost seventy-five dollars? Do you like it so much that you are willing to spend the seventy-five dollars? Do you need it will it sit in the closet? Do you compare prices to see if it is a good buy? Financial literacy covers all of these scenarios. Countless schools do not require monetary literacy as a class but I believe it should. Students should be required to take a financial literacy class before graduation because it would help them in succeed in the future. While some people say that from researches has said that students taking a there financial exams
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In some states, financial literacy incorporated into classes like economics or personal development but do not touch on it fully or tested. According to a high school teacher Matthew Frost who teaches 11th grade and 12th grade in Sunset High School in Texas took, the matter in to his owns hands by teaching kids the importance financial studies. The students are learning as well as their families budgeting and real world situations stated in paragraph six of the text, “The students create a budget based on the average income range for their neighborhood, about $21,000 to $40,000a year.” As you can see students can learn how to start a budget and manage their spending that will help prepare them for the long run. You can see why I strongly agree that students should take a financial literacy class, recommend at a younger age. If kids these lessons then they would have a longer mind span of knowing the information. It might take a while before some states make financial literacy class a class. In the meantime parents should be more involved and teach kids about financial responsible. As for students, they should be more out spoken and ask question about financial plans and advice for future. Hence, students should be required to take a financial literacy class before the set off to their independent
In some states, financial literacy incorporated into classes like economics or personal development but do not touch on it fully or tested. According to a high school teacher Matthew Frost who teaches 11th grade and 12th grade in Sunset High School in Texas took, the matter in to his owns hands by teaching kids the importance financial studies. The students are learning as well as their families budgeting and real world situations stated in paragraph six of the text, “The students create a budget based on the average income range for their neighborhood, about $21,000 to $40,000a year.” As you can see students can learn how to start a budget and manage their spending that will help prepare them for the long run. You can see why I strongly agree that students should take a financial literacy class, recommend at a younger age. If kids these lessons then they would have a longer mind span of knowing the information. It might take a while before some states make financial literacy class a class. In the meantime parents should be more involved and teach kids about financial responsible. As for students, they should be more out spoken and ask question about financial plans and advice for future. Hence, students should be required to take a financial literacy class before the set off to their independent