Imagine yourself going to college, or moving out of your parent’s house without knowing anything about how to manage your money, make a budget, save money. It can be depressing. Most people say they learn personal finance by talking to their parents, who were also never formally educated about personal finance. High schools, however, are tremendously into making students college-ready, they failed to teach basic life skills, including financial literacy. So I think River Ridge High School should require students to take a financial literacy class before graduating to prevent misuse of money and it will be a class that students will be using for the rest of their lives, unlike other math or science subjects.
To being with, in the past, personal finance was only mandatory in one state: Illinois (Source A). But as the years go by, high schools finally discerned that importance of personal finance. Currently, there are 17 states in the US now require at public high schools take a finance class before they graduate. This shows that adults acknowledged the significance of learning finance in high school, therefore they want their students in the future know how to save and handle money. Statistics show that 85% of American parents thought that a personal finance course should be a high school graduation …show more content…
These reasons are valid, and teaching financial literacy can be challenging, because of different students with different backgrounds. We can all admit that money is the number one thing that young people really stress about. But learning and requiring financial class will prevent and decrease the amount of debt Americans owe and they will know how to control when it comes to
To being with, in the past, personal finance was only mandatory in one state: Illinois (Source A). But as the years go by, high schools finally discerned that importance of personal finance. Currently, there are 17 states in the US now require at public high schools take a finance class before they graduate. This shows that adults acknowledged the significance of learning finance in high school, therefore they want their students in the future know how to save and handle money. Statistics show that 85% of American parents thought that a personal finance course should be a high school graduation …show more content…
These reasons are valid, and teaching financial literacy can be challenging, because of different students with different backgrounds. We can all admit that money is the number one thing that young people really stress about. But learning and requiring financial class will prevent and decrease the amount of debt Americans owe and they will know how to control when it comes to