Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 10, 2007 - 15:43.
I am a teacher in PA and our school district requires all students to take a family and consumer sciences course called family dynamics their senior year. It is a quarter long and in the course I teach money management. We talk about financial goals, banking, credit, id theft and how to purchase both a car and a house.
Although many of the students hate that it is a graduation requirement most of the kids do understand the importance of the class. It is amazing to me how many of my students have jobs where they get a paycheck and have no idea what the taxes are being taken out for or no clue how the deduction forms they are filling out when they get jobs effect there paychecks. They just mindless claim 0 and go on their way.
Family dynamics
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on October 10, 2007 - 15:43.
I am a teacher in PA and our school district requires all students to take a family and consumer sciences course called family dynamics their senior year. It is a quarter long and in the course I teach money management. We talk about financial goals, banking, credit, id theft and how to purchase both a car and a house.
Although many of the students hate that it is a graduation requirement most of the kids do understand the importance of the class. It is amazing to me how many of my students have jobs where they get a paycheck and have no idea what the taxes are being taken out for or no clue how the deduction forms they are filling out when they get jobs effect there paychecks. They just mindless claim 0 and go on their way.