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#FinancialLiteracy Why the heck wasn’t/isn’t this a mandatory class in all schools? I have done K-12, college, medical school and a 4 year post-grad residency program and not once did I learn about financial literacy. While I could do calculus … I didn’t have the foggiest idea about how to buy a stock, what an ETF or index fund was, or even the power of #compounding . If my dad hadn’t persisted with me when I started residency just as I started getting paid a salary … I likely would have never ended up here with the lessons I’ve learned from stumbling my way through it. We all need to start somewhere and it is woefully inadequate that the majority of us haven’t learned about any of this until we are well into ours 20s, 30s, or 40s. My WHY for being on here is simply to play a small part in empowering you to live a fruitful life through #FunFacts and playful banter. All any of us really want is to simply have a little semblance of control in our life and the freedom to say no. So if you found #Public to be a truly unique place to learn - share it, don’t keep it a secret. #SharingIsCaring . How to be financially free should be the worst kept secret … not something we find out about half way into this journey called life. Let’s all just loosen up a little on here, let our hair down, and enjoy the ride. P.S.: #ThanksDad . #EducationReform #InvestInYourself #BuildEachOtherUp #TheMoreYouKnow #NewInvestors #ConnectEachOther #FinancialFreedom #BeKind #GrowthNotGreed
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This always surprised me too. I’m happy to see there is a trend of more states making personal finance education mandatory in schools. Better late than never I suppose. Like you, I’m thankful that my dad taught me about investing and personal finance. Parents play an important role in this, both positively and negatively. I have a lot of friends that have a distrust of stocks and responsible debtSee more
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@benjammin1234 That is awesome! Warren Buffet is actually more average than most people realize when it comes to picking the right things. His edge over all of us is that he has been investing well since 10 years old and had a long lifetime of investing that has compounded to mind boggling amounts. I don’t remember the exact numbers but the majority of his present wealth was accumulated after the aSee more
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I learned a little in Highschool, but learned a lot more from working on my associates in Business Admin/Accounting. I wish I would have known more coming out of Highschool. Public deserves to be shared for sure!
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@EclipseCrasher Yup high school should help people be set up for entering the real world not just a feeder into colleges. Trade schools are invaluable and should be built into high school curriculum. I’m a product of many years of public education but not everyone needs college. The worst investment could easily be an expensive college degree that leaves you with huge debts and still at a job thatSee more
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@ctsshah Yeah I think he hit $1 billion around 50 so he’s had a solid stretch in the back half! Although, I do think it’s worth noting Buffett used leverage and derivatives in a smarter way than 99.99% of the people that touch them. Having a AAA credit rating and a massive insurance float you can borrow from for free helps. If you feel like geeking out, this is a pretty fascinating study into hisSee more
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So I got lucky - in a very strange way! I wasn’t a big fan of science classes so I opted out of chemistry and biology and took mechanical drawing and “business math” instead. This consisted of learning all the basic things that should be taught anyways! How to write a check, how to do your taxes, what a P&L is, how to read an invoice or a statement, how stocks work, calculating interest. StrangeSee more
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@benjammin1234 will definitely check it out! Thank you!
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I should have known stocks marketing if I followed mom’s advice to take up commerce curriculum but I defied by reasoning that I can do business even without commerce degree. I graduated and passed the board BSN and OD but stock marketing never been taught as part in my elementary, high school and college years but sex education I vividly remember taught in my elementary years the reason why this wSee more
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Wish they taught me about investing
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Worst kept secret is still a secret. Financial literacy should be THE most important subject since money makes the world go around. If we all knew better we all would do better…why don’t they want us to do better?
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@ctsshah I would recommend looking into Rich Dad Poor Dad then as well, considering that is his primary statement in about everything he writes. I very much agree, Public is an awesome resource I need to use more myself, but have finally started 'knuckling down' on lessons from what brought me here, which was crypto trading on twitch, have been pushing myself to learn TA and Price Action in order tSee more
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Home economics taught me how to sew a robot pillow lmao
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@Dycast Ducats I love Rich Dad Poor Dad but for the life of me I’m blanking if it was from a book, audiobook or YouTube that I came across it
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This is a class in some schools as an elective /club called future business leaders of America They teacher you how to start a business buy bonds and diversify your Portfolio Your right it should be mandatory all student take it
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@ctsshah thats the name of Robert Kiyosaki's 1st book, and what he calls his financial education site/course/newsletter adding world on the end. Great stuff, has the standard advertisement bs, and often repeats itself but does pound the info home
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@markbuckawicki home economics taught me how to sew UNC and Duke pillows … I grew up in Michigan (I still dont know why I picked those). Now im a glorified seamstress when I do eyelid surgery.
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@thinkingwise i wish i had that back in my day
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I teach Junior Achievement in elementary schools which provides kids a foundation outside of their traditional curriculum. Support JA where you live and work!
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No financial literacy in urban schools. I feel the same way
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Dakota Lowe@DakotaLowe94
My school had a personal finance class. But it didn't really go into depth on the subject of investing in the stock market. It was more like "just open a savings account so you can get a 0.05% APY". "Don't try living beyond your means." Basic lessons everybody learns in early adulthood.
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