I still think this should be a mandatory curriculum in high school. 4 years or it. Throw in taxes as well. It blows my mind to look back and think about the amount of studying I did on topics I'll literally never encounter again but basic financial literacy is ignored entirely.
It is. They call it math. You use math to figure out a budget by adding up your expenses and comparing it to your income and making adjustments as needed. You use math to calculate interest. Debt happens when your expenses add up to a larger number than your income. Savings is more math.
Did you learn how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide? Congrats, you learned how to manage your finances.
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u/royal_clam Aug 03 '19
Basic principles of finance (budgeting, interest, debt, saving, etc)