IMO Senior year all public HS should require

[BlackAchilles]

Intro to economics first half of the year, followed by personal finance second half, kinda like how they did gym/"health" freshman year at my HS. Curriculum should include:

• Basic overview of market economy/ our consumer and debt driven society
• Intro to different types of assets/investments
• Profile of current data regarding income/wages/typical consumer
• Student loan and loan debt

I say it's mad irresponsible that schools are behind all this STEM talk, acting like you're gonna live in a van down by the river if you don't learn all the subtleties of a right vs scalene triangle, but want to push students out the nest with basically zero real world financial knowledge, shyt is

 

[Supercoolmayo]

The last thing America wants you to know if how you keep your fiances right

 

[BlackAchilles]

The last thing America wants you to know if how you keep your fiances right

Sad but true

 

[Bunchy Carter]

Yeah that's a good idea; can't knock that. At my hbcu economic was an requirement; but they sould start younger in highschool; middle school might be too early.

 

[El Bombi]

I had to take a economic course my Senior year. Didn't help me any tho.

 

[ahdsend]

the school is a pipeline to prison for young black kids....

shaun king on twitter just wrote some shyt exposing one of the prisons down south...

them prison guards gassing folks to death like Adolf Hilter....




http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/...die-dozens-of-guards-fired-in-Florida-prisons

Randall Jordan-Aparo died weeping and gasping for breath on the concrete floor of his prison isolation cell, naked except for his white boxer shorts.
Incensed that he had cursed at a nurse, guards at Franklin Correctional Institution in the Panhandle fired nine blasts of noxious gas into his 13-by-8 cell through a slot in the door and, ultimately, left him there, sobbing.

“I can’t breathe, I can’t take it no more, please help me,’’ he pleaded.

Five hours later, the 27-year-old was found lifeless, face-down on the bare slab. His mouth and nose were pressed to the bottom of the door, as if trying to gulp fresh air through the thin crack. His hair, legs, toes, torso and mouth were dusted with a faint orange residue, a byproduct of the gas. A paperback Bible was under his shoulder.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement sent two investigators, Michael Kennedy and Michael DeVaney, to look into what had occurred. Their conclusion, summarized in one paragraph: The “disciplinary actions” taken by guards had no bearing on the death.

“They just said he got sick,’’ Jordan-Aparo’s father, Thomas Aparo, recalled being told by corrections officials.

 

[Pdiddy]

Student loan and loan deb

 

[BmoreGorilla]

But then we wouldn't have so many people charge everything and keep the U.S. economy afloat off interest

 

[ScoopNScore]

Intro to economics first half of the year, followed by personal finance second half, kinda like how they did gym/"health" freshman year at my HS. Curriculum should include:

• Basic overview of market economy/ our consumer and debt driven society
• Intro to different types of assets/investments
• Profile of current data regarding income/wages/typical consumer
• Student loan and loan debt

I say it's mad irresponsible that schools are behind all this STEM talk, acting like you're gonna live in a van down by the river if you don't learn all the subtleties of a right vs scalene triangle, but want to push students out the nest with basically zero real world financial knowledge, shyt is

and don't forget about grants and scholarships too.

The last thing America wants you to know if how you keep your fiances right

Get married brehs but you do bring a great point that they want us being dumb with our wallets.

 

[KplusK]

my g we had economics in 8th grade taught about stocks and all that….nikkaz don't really get shyt until they go thru shyt

 

[El Bombi]

my g we had economics in 8th grade taught about stocks and all that….nikkaz don't really get shyt until they go thru shyt

This

 

[Sleepy Walker]

The last thing America wants you to know if how you keep your fiances right

 

[BlackAchilles]

my g we had economics in 8th grade taught about stocks and all that….nikkaz don't really get shyt until they go thru shyt

8th grade way too young, at that age you have no real concept of money

 

[Supercoolmayo]

See how well it worked? I can't even spell finance

 

[QuintessentialBM]

I agree with you, however, I believe that ensuring that young adults can read and comprehend at a satisfactory level that will make the transition into college (making it easier to do college - level work)smoother is more important, maybe even paramount.

I'm in the middle of reading "How to Read a Book" and this shyt is about to change everything, hopefully including my life. This may sound corny, but... "Reading is fundamental."