> Matt wrote: > > >Perhaps there should be a "fundamentals of > >finance" class as part of basic education. (snip)
Reggie Bautista wrote: > > We covered all of this in my high school economics > class. Maybe not in great detail, but we at least > got a basic overview of what each thing is and > generally how it works. Unfortunately many kids go > to schools where economics is not even offered. I > went to a magnet high school in Kansas City, KS, and > it was the only school in the district that offered > economics -- and the school felt it was important > enough that it was a required class for all students. The public school education I received along these lines was such things as how to write a check, and how to fill out a W-2 form, etc. I didn't get the other stuff until college business classes. > I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that I think at > least a basic economics class is a necessity for > every student in a country with a capitalist economy. I agree, at least an economics "Defense Against the Dark Arts" kind of class. -- Matt
