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Topic	Should basic personal finance be part of high school curriculum?
Twin3Turbo 12/19/18 4:08:21 PM #20:	Master_Bass posted... Twin3Turbo posted... Giant_Aspirin posted... ImmatureContent posted... We already teach math. You can't teach common sense. username relevant? does basic match cover things like continuously compounded interest? i dont recall talking about that in my HS math classes and i was in the advanced/AP program We definitely talked about it in my Algebra 2 classes and Pre-Calculus classes, which I took in 11th and 12th grade. Potentially even Algebra 1, but I could be wrong about that. Yeah, we did that too. I don't think that really gets people thinking about investing, though. To me it was more just another boring math type we had to do, and most people just throw their money in the bank since they don't know the first thing about investing. Eh, most of the examples we used were about investing money. So it's not unfair to say that they should make the connection. Kids just thinking of it as another boring math thing to do in math is kind of their own fault to a degree. That being said, I'm not sure it should go much beyond that, at least in regards to how to choose investments, etc. I don't think the average 16,17, and even 18 year olds are really ready for that. But that was the first time the connection was made for me. --- https://imgur.com/PHWbltB <cite>Twin3Turbo posted [p:914403105] in Should bas... [t:77317343]...</cite> <quote><cite>Master_Bass posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Twin3Turbo posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Giant_Aspirin posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ImmatureContent posted...</cite> <quote>We already teach math. You can't teach common sense.</quote> username relevant? does basic match cover things like continuously compounded interest? i dont recall talking about that in my HS math classes and i was in the advanced/AP program</quote> We definitely talked about it in my Algebra 2 classes and Pre-Calculus classes, which I took in 11th and 12th grade. Potentially even Algebra 1, but I could be wrong about that.</quote> Yeah, we did that too. I don't think that really gets people thinking about investing, though. To me it was more just another boring math type we had to do, and most people just throw their money in the bank since they don't know the first thing about investing.</quote> Eh, most of the examples we used were about investing money. So it's not unfair to say that they should make the connection. Kids just thinking of it as another boring math thing to do in math is kind of their own fault to a degree. That being said, I'm not sure it should go much beyond that, at least in regards to how to choose investments, etc. I don't think the average 16,17, and even 18 year olds are really ready for that. But that was the first time the connection was made for me. --- https://imgur.com/PHWbltB</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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