Personal finance may be difficult for some people, but Michael Meredith hopes that in the future no student will have to struggle with money. A first grade teacher at St. James Catholic School has launched a personal finance course for sixth grade students. “In my opinion, the earlier we can teach these concepts to kids and get them to start thinking about it, the better prepared they will be for future success,” Meredith said. Told. This course is taught according to the Dave Ramsey curriculum. Topics include taxes, budgeting, building an emergency fund, saving for college, and even minimizing your chances of going into debt. ”When I talk about investing in stocks, especially investing in stocks, they get really interested. “It's so much fun when kids learn about taxes for the first time. But when we learned about taxes, I had to lead them, and I thought, 'Oh, no! Hey, you have to pay taxes every year,''' Meredith said. Although the concept may seem foreign to 12- and 13-year-olds, the eighth-graders in Meredith's class say he made it easier for them to understand. “At our age, I think we can understand it pretty completely. Not really. It's hard when you have a really good teacher, but we have one like that,” his eighth-grader said. Ryder Wall said. “I really like budgeting because it made me think about my work as an adult and my life in general.'' “This class was really interesting. I watched all the videos and sometimes it made me think about the real world.'' I really like doing the scenarios,” said 8th grader Lily Russi. “I learned how to budget and how to deal with taxes. We had to write an opinion paper about taxes, and I'm really glad I got to learn that,” Meredith said. , said he was really happy to be able to provide his opinion. “The reality is that when you come into the workforce here in America, you have to understand how the financial system works, so I think that's why we've been taught so harshly. Thank you.’ To put this at the forefront of their minds,” Meredith said.
Some people are not good at personal finance, but Michael Meredith wants to make sure that no student ever struggles with money in the future.
A first grade teacher at St. James Catholic School has launched a personal finance course for sixth, seventh and eighth grade students.
“In my opinion, the earlier we can teach kids these concepts and get them to start thinking about it, the better equipped they are to be successful in the future,” Meredith says. said.
This course is taught according to the Dave Ramsey curriculum. Topics include taxes, how to budget, how to build an emergency fund, how to save for college, and even how to minimize your chances of going into debt.
“When we talk about investing in stocks, especially when they're learning it for the first time, they're really interested. It's a lot of fun. But when they learn about taxes, I pull them out. I had to go, and I was like, “Hey, you're going to have to pay them every year,'' Meredith said.
While this concept may seem foreign to 12- and 13-year-olds, the eighth-grade students in Meredith's class said Meredith made it easier to understand.
“I think people our age can understand that pretty thoroughly. If you have a really good teacher, it's not that difficult. We have a teacher like that.”8 said Ryder Wall, a first-year student. “I really like budgeting because it makes me think about my adult career and my life in general.”
“This class was very interesting. I really like watching all the videos and sometimes doing real-world scenarios,” said 8th grader Lily Russi. “I learned how to budget and deal with taxes. I had to write an opinion piece about taxes, which I'm really glad I learned.”
Meredith said she is excited to be able to offer a course that will be beneficial to students.
“The reality is that when we join the workforce here in America, we need to understand how the financial system operates. So I think we've been taught this harshly. And I I think we have an obligation to educate our children on this,' at the forefront of their brains,'' Meredith said.
