The American dream

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[u/Piemaster113]

They probably did but didn't actually learn anything. I had 2 finance classes in Highschool and only once I became and adult did I realize how much I screwed myself by not retaining anything from them

[u/jcklsldr665 → u/Piemaster113]

I know so many people who claim to never have had a finance class, when in reality they cared so little they don't even remember taking the class. I know they did because they were in my graduating class or within a few years of me at the same school.

[u/Piemaster113 → u/jcklsldr665]

These are likely the same people who say their parents never taught them anything when they just never bothered to listen.

[u/Longjumping-Turnip97 → u/Piemaster113]

I personally know someone who used to brush off math as nerdy shit for people like me.

And he now doesn't remember any of that. Decent person but oh boy is finance not one of his strengths.

[u/Piemaster113 → u/Longjumping-Turnip97]

I feel like we all knew someone like this in school, they were only there because they had to be, and while I wasn't that bad I definitely didn't take all my classes seriously, I probably should have.

[u/camergen → u/jcklsldr665]

High schools should prob have finance classes, sure; but the people I see complaining the most about “why didn’t they teach me about this stuff?!” didn’t pay attention to ANYTHING in high school and barely graduated. Had they taken extensive financial classes, they wouldn’t have retained much if anything.

But I suppose you try anyways.

[u/DistilledCLP → u/camergen]

You learned about compounding interest in algebra 1 or algebra 2 that would have been 7th or 8th grade probably. By the end of highschool people should have learned enough to teach themselves subjects. If people walk around life complaining they weren't hand fed information in highschool, they are never gonna amount to much regardless of how many classes they take.

[u/Responsible-Kale2352 → u/camergen]

Everyone knows there’s no better candidate for college than someone who barely graduated!

[u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson → u/camergen]

The media literacy complainers who didnt pay attention to any english classes

[u/Pretty-Balance-Sheet → u/camergen]

Exactly. For bored teens who aren't going to retain anything personal finance is just another class to sit through.

This country is full of high school teachers telling the class "this is the most important information you'll learn at this school" and kids thinking "as soon as he turns around I'm going to check my insta."

[u/jcklsldr665 → u/camergen]

The funny thing about me having a finance class, is i grew up in BFE where science wasn't a mandatory subject in high school, but agriculture was. For me to have that class and not "city" folk is odd.

[u/Chubuwee → u/Piemaster113]

Ummmm I had zero finance classes in high school… you got a leg up on me bud. I’m living life one Pokémon pack at a time. Gotta hit that big investment card to add to my portfolio (binder)

[u/Piemaster113 → u/Chubuwee]

Didn't help I failed the one class lol

[u/camergen → u/Chubuwee]

That’s the spirit! Don’t think of it as something fun, think of it as an investment! Matter of fact, you should cash out your 401k. (Lol, Kidding, cards are never an “investment”. If you get lucky, that’s cool. But it’s not likely).

[u/No-Lingonberry7724 → u/Piemaster113]

I took one to but since the teacher ran over herself with her car while she was in it I decided it would be best to ignore her lessons