Knowing stocks is great, but more important than that is knowing basic math skills that enable you to know: --- did you receive the right change at the store, how to fill out a tax return, how to balance a checkbook, etc. In some public schools, a test is given in middle school and no one can graduate from high school w/o passing it.
There are still people working cash registers that when the power goes out (at the store) and they have a calculator (and are allowed to continue) are simply unable to add up a couple items, figure the tax, and take in money and make change. I've seen it happen in stores that lost power.
We sure need basic finances as a requirement in all schools.
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