I freaking love this. One of the topics that I have seen frequently on the PF blogosphere is how little financial education there is for America's youth, and how that leads to poor decision making as adults.
In a reversal of roles, High School Freshman and Teen Columnist, Emily Hu, writes For Adults, It's Payback Time.
A brilliant nugget from Miss Hu's article:
"It comes down to this: Once upon a time, when people were forced to really consider what they could afford and credit actually counted for something, people bought houses they could live in for a few years."
How sad that anyone could actually make a statement "people were forced to consider what they could afford.
Posted by: Deborah | March 18, 2008 at 08:29 AM
How to Get Good Credit Gab is holding an online video contest to raise awareness for financial literacy. The prize is $200 cash! Create a 30 or 60 second video that answers the question “How do I get good credit?” and highlights the benefits of obtaining good credit. Videos must not contain adult content such as nudity, profanity, drugs and alcohol. Videos must also be posted on You Tube, so that we may obtain embedding code to showcase your video. Videos will be viewer rated using a scale of 1-low to 5-high. A viewing schedule will be posted on the blog.
Contest begins and entries are accepted beginning April 1st thru April 30th 2008.
Each week new entries will be displayed on the blog at http://www.HowToGetGoodCredit.blogspot.com. On May 1, 2008, the scores received will be counted and totaled. The video with the highest total rating number wins.
Contact Alton J. Jones, How To Get Good Credit Expert, at AltonJJones@msn.com with questions and notification that your video is available on You Tube.
Good luck.
Posted by: Alton J. Jones | March 24, 2008 at 05:04 PM
Yes, we definitely need more teens like Emily who take charge and learn what they are not being taught. I realize this is an old thread, but I wanted to let everyone know that I am 15 and have created my own blog to do exactly what she has done. good luck everyone
Posted by: UltimateAnalyst | May 25, 2009 at 06:55 PM
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