[Hydroshock]

One of my biggest complaints about schools these days is they do not teach squat about being financially responcible and prudent. To many people do not know enough to make an informed decision.

[linda_22003]

I learned that at home, not at school. Of course, perhaps schools should be teaching it now, since so many parents are not capable of teaching fiscal responsibility themselves.

[CORedneck]

They teach you how you can borrow money to buy all sorts of things but nothing, nada, zippo about using money to invest and have it work for you.

One of my biggest complaints about schools these days is they do not teach squat about being financially responsible and prudent. To many people do not know enough to make an informed decision.

[petercooper]

One of my biggest complaints about schools these days is they do not teach squat about being financially responcible and prudent.

Parents should be teaching this, not schools.

To many people do not know enough to make an informed decision

You can't legislate ignorance or stupidity.

[gcruse]

"One of my biggest complaints about schools these days is they do not teach squat about being financially responcible and prudent."

Well, they sure never taught economics when I was in high school, but that was fifty years ago. It hasn't been too long since I read some educrat saying they didn't teach high school econ because economics is 'too depressing.' Don't worry, spend and be happy.

[RipSawyer]

One of my biggest complaints about schools these days is they do not teach squat about being financially responcible and prudent. To many people do not know enough to make an informed decision.

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About a year ago, my stepdaughter and her husband sold a house in which they had lived for about ten years. I thought they paid too much when they bought and was amazed when they sold it for about a fifty percent higher price (nominal dollars). I think they made a great buy in the house where they live now. I just learned a few minutews ago that their old house has been repossessed. It seems that the lady who bought it had not made even one payment and had trashed the old house, rooms half painted etc. I hear that a lot of this sort of thing goes on in this state. The house probably needed at least fifty thousand dollars in repairs when my stepdaughter sold it but it was approved as it was except for some very obvious things that had to be done before the sale. It needed a lot of repair when my stepdaughter bought it and that is one reason I was so glad to see them finally get out of that hole.