jimboston wrote:Alright… this switch from a nice spitball idea thread to dumb jokes fast.
Let's try to get this back on track, JimB.
One of the many criticisms of American education system, especially public high school education, is that graduates do not have a real sense of how to deal with money: budgeting, saving, paying bills in an organized manner, keeping a ledger (or log or spreadsheet or such), investment for near and long term (e.i., retirement) and more such matters.** for a digression
Virginia has responded by requiring a course for graduation in "Personal Finance" or a related class to such matters. We have that requirement at my private Christian school as well.
Since you have background in finance and sales, perhaps you can teach such a course. If none is offered, at a Catholic high school, perhaps you can help development such a curriculum. I assume that your state of Mass. has moved in such a direction; the Catholic schools may have one already; IDK, honestly. That will be something you will have to pursue and investigate, JimB. I assume that Catholic schools are less inclined to have such a course, with their more limited resources, BUT perhaps they were on the leading edge of that needed change.
I assume there are resources "out there" online and/or books. There are likely textbooks and workbooks, too. You will want at least 2 workbooks to avoid having to create ALL the work and assignments yourself. I bought ONE for the new course I teach, Physical Science. There were 2-3 already in the files for my classroom. You can look online, too, but many are now to be purchased online. I have not seen a need for such for me, but that may be helpful to you.
**BTW, a digression: many criticisms are deserved; unlike businesses, we cannot "FIRE" our less productive "workers" and public schools cannot select whom they MUST teach. Obviously private schools can be more selective.
