My Standwords

It fascinates me that students in elementary, high school, college and university are never taught how to properly manage their own money.

They’re taught how to make babies, stay fit, calculate change at the grocery store, how the French got here first, pythegorem (sp?) theory, “career management” (whatever that is), etc. But not how to manage a credit card or save for retirement.

So they may sing along to Kanye West, but after borrowing thousands of dollars from the government to pay for two to four years of post-secondary education (if they needed it), and being miseducated (or not educated at all) about money, when will any student with up to $20,000 in student loans (not to mention credit card debt) ever get their money right?