An artist goes to business school in the midst of this Great Recession to learn how money works. The goals are to become conversational in the common language of business, to upgrade my day job to entrepreneur status and to teach other artists to grow and manage their money successfully. It's time for starving artists to eat well.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Finally. Learn me something I can use, Teach.
Check out this article in the Money Section of today's NYT. Champlain College is taking a couple of semesters to teach their students about "financial sophistication" or, more plainly, financial literacy. Eureka.
This idea is more than good. It's obvious. And necessary. Clearly a high percentage of Americans (99%?) have an insufficient education about personal finances, credit cards and mortgages. Me included. I've spend the last decade (since graduating) trying to wade through the murky processes and sharp truths about debt (student and otherwise), budgeting and savings.
Let this idea ring out across the land! Let us teach our children how to live in a capitalist democracy!
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