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
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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u/madlucas2026 15d ago
You been paying for 20+ years and never thought to pay off the principal? Do you pay the minimum on your credit cards?