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Closing the Wealth Gap with Financial Literacy

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Fireside Chat 3<br />

Deja<br />

In schools, <strong>the</strong>y need classes to teach you about financial<br />

literacy, credit, and filing taxes. In my high school economics<br />

class, a teacher went outside <strong>the</strong> curriculum and tried to educate<br />

us about finances. For example, he taught us how to write a paper<br />

check since society uses it less frequently. I appreciate teachers<br />

like him who go beyond what's expected of <strong>the</strong>m to educate <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

students.<br />

Tyreeque<br />

They don't want to teach us everyday things but focus on <strong>the</strong> area<br />

of a triangle; instead, I would prefer <strong>the</strong>m to teach me about life.<br />

Hasson<br />

My fa<strong>the</strong>r didn't graduate from high school, but he self-taught<br />

himself how to do his taxes through <strong>the</strong> IRS tax code book. He<br />

was so skilled at it that he'd done all our family's taxes since. In<br />

addition, he taught me <strong>the</strong> value of owning and purchasing<br />

something versus someone buying it for me or giving it to me.

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