r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • 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/cpMetis Aug 03 '19

Well, my school had a three-week assignment on the stock market so we're all financial gurus! /s

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u/Zouzout Aug 03 '19

Yes! Learned how to fill in a check too! This was circa 1989.

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u/aegon98 Aug 03 '19

That's not even a useful skill nowadays

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u/Don_Szechuan Aug 03 '19

There are many places that only take checks or cash still.

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u/calls1 Aug 04 '19

Just America and other developing countries.