Comments on: Should Personal Finance Be Taught in School? http://www.fiscalfizzle.com/2009/02/should-personal-finance-be-taught-in-school/ Spicy Thoughts on Personal Finance Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:55:12 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: the weakonomist http://www.fiscalfizzle.com/2009/02/should-personal-finance-be-taught-in-school/#comment-27 the weakonomist Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:39:22 +0000 http://www.fiscalfizzle.com/?p=182#comment-27 This is like saying science is bad because it makes people think they can fly. Well some people are going to be dumb enough to think that, and they will learn the hard way they can't. If it isn't working, then they aren't teaching it right. Being the child of a teacher this is hard to say: many teachers won't follow their own lessons so the students won't either. I'm a big advocate for teaching PF in schools. This is like saying science is bad because it makes people think they can fly. Well some people are going to be dumb enough to think that, and they will learn the hard way they can’t.

If it isn’t working, then they aren’t teaching it right. Being the child of a teacher this is hard to say: many teachers won’t follow their own lessons so the students won’t either.

I’m a big advocate for teaching PF in schools.

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