Like real-life finance s***. Credit scores, taking out loans, how to manage money, learn about taxes, investing, etc. Would the US be in a better place?

no

it would be a huge positive

Why not, Frog?

There wouldn't be that many people f***ed over for sure, powerful people benefit from ignorance

They would somehow find a way to standardize it like every other class which makes them more about passing than learning

But it would be amazing if we had that OP I was just talkng about that with my parents yesterday

I took financing and accounting in school...

Did it benefit you?

Most of the stuff they teach you in school is usually just the tip of the ice berg. I took economics and accounting in school and didn’t learn s*** because none of the stuff was practical.

Yes absolutely. It wasn’t required but i took them because I know i would need that knowledge more than regular classes tbh.

Barely different if anything.

Ppl that say "why don't they teach X in school" are usually the ones who f***ed off every class. Learning finance is readily available online and through free books at the library and they just complain instead.

I went to a public high school and had 2 semesters of personal finance

This is also the absolute truth

I mean school is what you make it

honestly idk, believe i read before that finance classes in HS aren't really doing kids much good because they typically don't care about the topic. we had finance class electives in HS and i can see that tbh.

there is a significant issue with financial illiteracy especially in the U.S. tho. i know so many people that literally piss away money, acquire unnecessary debt and end up being financially crippled.

And you’re right. I did f*** off in school. But I was also aware on valuable knowledge was, especially specialized knowledge. I’ve been reading books/watching videos, listening to podcasts about finance for the past 3 years. Everybody knows how to make money, I.e. get a job and then get a check. But not many people know how to make their money grow.

We did this virtual sharemarket game in school & I lost so much virtual money