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@maxi00 then why aren't parents responsible for teaching them Shakespeare or quadratic formula or avogadro's number? why is personal finance special?

@marca1984 It should be both in my opinion. Like yea, I'm lucky and had parents who taught me that stuff - but for something as useful as personal finance why not do more in school for kids who aren't as lucky as me? I think there was a guy saying it's the parent's responsibility to teach their...

@mysz oh I thought it was implied he was approved for $3k and then said no because it was too much $. I could be wrong though.

@onceemt That sounds like an excellent course and was really what I would've wanted to see when I was growing up. I mentioned in a different comment that it wasn't so much that the geometry or whatever isn't useful but more that every adult with responsibilities can make use of learning about...

@resjudicata Yea man, things like "how to shop for insurance", "what qualifies someone for a mortgage", "how to improve your credit score", "why monthly car payments look fine but are actually awful when they're stretched out 7 years", "why retirement accounts are helpful". all those nowadays...

@willowsbible Did no one tell Wilson he can get a loan for $3,000, then use some of it, and then instantly pay back what he doesn't use? Why are payday loans a more attractive option to him? We definitely need better financial education in American public schools. There are a lot of pointless...