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This is one of the areas where education in the US is really horrible. This stuff isn't rocket science, but people really have no clue what it means to get a c

• jacquesm 16y ago
  An ex employee of mine had a student loan that they were sure was 'interest free'. Right. After looking over the documentation I found the clause they were referring to, it was 'no obligation to pay interest for the first 5 years'. The debt had increased to about 30% more than it was initially (4 years had already passed). So much for it being 'interest free'.
• jeromec 16y ago
  My oldest brother said one of the best classes he ever took was a high school course called Home Economics, or something like that. It taught students how to write and balance a check book, and prepare their tax forms among other things (he used to make side money doing taxes for people). By the time I got there the course was gone, but I think such courses should not only be commonplace, but be required, and certainly include debt and interest education.
  • BrandonM 16y ago
    > a high school course called Home Economics, or something like that Wow, I'm only 26 but this makes me feel old. "Home Ec" was a pretty well-known course when I went to school.
  • bmm6o 16y ago
    My home ec class was worthless. We cooked and sewed, which I think is much more traditional course material for home ec. It sounds like your brother's teacher looked at the title and made up the syllabus - I've never heard of anything remotely economics-related ending up in a home economics class.