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Or we could teach them financial literacy. Kind of like how countries with socialized healthcare spend more on health education.
by ryanmarsh 10y ago
Or we could teach them financial literacy. Kind of like how countries with socialized healthcare spend more on health education.
- st3v3r 10y agoBut then you get a bunch of people who complain that high schools shouldn't be teaching that stuff. Of course, I feel that those who espouse that viewpoint are doing so because they benefit from having a large group of people lacking these skills.
- ryanmarsh 10y agoMy co-worker referred to financial literacy training as "basket weaving" and a "waste of public funds". So, yah.
- Kluny 10y agoMind you, that would require financially literate teachers. I never had one, in all the years I was in school
- aianus 10y agoWhat makes you think a financial literacy class would succeed where math class and English class have failed? Financial literacy is nothing more than reading comprehension and some grade 8 arithmetic.