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| Topic | Should basic personal finance be part of high school curriculum? |
| SSj4Wingzero 12/19/18 4:16:06 PM #28: | Giant_Aspirin posted... im an old fart and graduated HS seventeen years ago Then they might not have back then They generally do now though I tutor math part-time, and some of the students I work with are bringing in questions about finding the present or future values of an annuity when given a set of parameters as part of a standard 10th grade curriculum. Regents Examinations in NY State are now asking students to know how to use various formulae to find the downpayment required to buy a car with a given interest rate and monthly payment, and vice versa. They do a pretty bad job of making the questions relatable to some students (sometimes they ask questions about $30,000 cars, which isn't really all that considerate when you're working with students of diverse backgrounds), but it's way better than nothing. One thing I *have* noticed is that students are generally really awful at that particular topic and they complain about having to learn it all the time --- Not changing this sig until the Knicks win the NBA Championship! Started...4/23/2011? Or was it 2010? ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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