Considering there is such a vast selection of courses, required and not, a personal finance course would be a great addition a long as it is not required. Because many students in their junior and senior year choose courses based on their interests and what they want to specialize in, schedules are already pretty full, and sometimes students do not have room for all of the classes they want. A personal finance course is extremely important, but I do not think that it should be required because of that. Students should choose whether or not they want to take that course. Again, students do not even have enough room for a class or two they may have also wanted to take, so to remove another spot is hard enough.
‘"I never want to go through what they go through,"”. That is reason enough to take the class, so that one’s own personal finance is kept safe. I know that my grandparents now are struggling with their own finances because they were not informed on how to properly manage them, and they too may be losing their business. The job shortage and rising gas prices are making it harder for people to manage their own finance which is why it is such an important class to have available. The thing is, though, that managing finances becoming slightly easier to manage finances, and you can hire personal advisors, use online programs, and so on. So as great an idea as a personal finance course is, it should not be required. It should be a recommended option.
Natasha I like how in your ideas this Personal Finance course would be an addition to the curriculum and possibly not a class that counts. This means it also could be a kind of elective but if it was required I also agree the lass shouldn’t be counted. The problem with the class not counting is that some students might not take it as serious and not get as much out of it. Because of the continuous fall in our economy, our generation has been left with a significant amount of misfortunes. Not only would such a course benefit our knowledge in handling our pre-career incomes, it would undeniably teach us skills and concepts that will stay with us until we are on our own and carrying our own weight. By having people take a rigorous money management course, they are able to help improve the economy through intelligence. Making people intelligent and giving them more education is the path to a better Once they start having to buy their own food and their own drinks on the weekend, than they need to know how to finance themselves properly and that is where the personal finance classes would work in perfectly. I feel as if there is no way that this class. think it's important that students know how to finance as well, not just to help their parents, but to do it for themselves so that in the future, they will be able to survive in the slowly worsening economy.
Posted by: Zacmedeiros11 | 03/31/2011 at 05:46 AM