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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid didn’t do it but personal finance is supposed to be fun. Pottery or something similar is also fun[/quote]

Personal finance is a requirement- not an elective in FCPS. [/quote]

Well MCPS doesn’t care if our students have basic finance and math skills to help them in life. They prefer Calculus which we all use in our every day lives. [/quote]

Oh snap! FYI, kids enrolled in calculus do have 'basic math skills' and I'm sure they'd be able to figure out 'basic finance' in their 'ever day' lives. :roll: [/quote]

That could not be further from the truth. I have seen kids in advance math not understand unit prices, how to quickly figure out a top in their head, understand company’s interest, understand stocks, how to write a check or balance a checking account and definitely not know how student loans work and take up so much beyond their means. Middle class families in debt up to their eyeballs. [/quote]

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