[chasd00]

As a parent of a 16 and almost 14 year old i'm effectively home schooling personal finance with them. My wife and I got none from our parents and were preyed upon constantly. I think I was 45 when i finally got my student loans paid off. My wife did many years in a dangerous, low-performing, HS as a teacher to get hers forgiven. Sending an 18 year old off to college without a solid understanding of finance is like throwing an 18 year old in the ocean while bleeding profusely and tasking them with swimming to shore, maybe a couple make it but the sharks will get the rest.

[WalterBright]

It's a crying shame that public high schools do not teach basic finance, basic accounting, and how a business works.

In other words, they don't teach anything about how our economy works.

[jancsika]

https://www.wunc.org/show/due-south/2024-06-10/personal-fina...

[bdangubic]

they do. maybe not where you live but they do. my kid has had personal finance classes since 4th grade

[WalterBright]

I attended 4 different public schools growing up, and none of them did. I see that some today do.

But I still see college graduates ranting on X who clearly do not understand compound interest on their student loans.