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0 pointsnxor6mo ago0 comments

It's not true for the US.

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https://www.ngpf.org/blog/advocacy/how-many-states-require-s...

It's apparently now 30 states.

nxorOP6mo ago

Are you from the US? I went to a good high school and even that class was awful. No one wants to teach it and genuinely, you learn more about money in history, english, science, and math. Additionally, you can take it online and over the summer, which kids do so they can take nicer looking classes. Granted, students with a work ethic tend to learn these things on their own.

rkomorn6mo ago

I graduated high school almost 30 years ago so whether I'm from the US or not isn't particularly relevant. I did live in the US for 25 years though, and up to however many minutes ago, I didn't know these classes were a requirement in any state (let alone 30).

But going from "it's not a requirement" to "the class is awful" would kinda be moving goalposts, no?

a966mo ago

The goalposts were that "school doesn’t teach you (not even high school) is how to manage your personal finances." is a myth. It doesn't matter if there's no class or the class is useless, the statement is almost as true in either case. Students don't learn personal finance in school. They particularly don't learn practical investment as a way to manage their savings.

And for many of us, financial education, if there was any, was probably from boomers going "debt bad! credit bad! get a job and make money!".

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rkomorn6mo ago

https://www.ngpf.org/blog/advocacy/how-many-states-require-s...

It's apparently now 30 states.

nxorOP6mo ago

rkomorn6mo ago

But going from "it's not a requirement" to "the class is awful" would kinda be moving goalposts, no?

a966mo ago

And for many of us, financial education, if there was any, was probably from boomers going "debt bad! credit bad! get a job and make money!".

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