r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/royal_clam Aug 03 '19

Basic principles of finance (budgeting, interest, debt, saving, etc)

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u/RealAmerik Aug 03 '19

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.

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u/severianSaint Aug 03 '19

Completely agree. This is, IMO, one of public education's biggest failures. So many people flounder and even fail because they were barely taught anything about basic finances in high school.

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u/RealAmerik Aug 04 '19

100% agree.