alt.education

"Wide Eyed in Wonder" wrote in message
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> On Feb 25, 8:23 pm, "teachrmama" wrote:
>> "Wide Eyed in Wonder" wrote in
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>> > On Feb 25, 12:06 am, "teachrmama" wrote:
>> >> wrote in message
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>> >> > On Feb 5, 9:09 am, Wide Eyed in Wonder wrote:
>> >> >> I saw an article in the last NEA Today article about the need to
>> >> >> teach
>> >> >> kids about saving money. I agree. How many of us decided to start
>> >> >> saving for retirement at some point, and we were told how much more
>> >> >> we
>> >> >> could've had if we had just started saving sooner? I think it
>> >> >> would
>> >> >> be a good idea to start a savings account as a class project for
>> >> >> all
>> >> >> of our students, even if it were only a dime put away each month.
>> >> >> This habit could save them a lot of grief, later in life.
>>
>> >> >> Kenneth Clifton
>> >> >> christiansuperhero.com
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>> >> > In Australia the major banks offer student (school banking) accounts
>> >> > that are free of charges. The students bring their bank books inot
>> >> > school and they are collected by the banks once a week, processed at
>> >> > the bank and returned to the school at the end on the day. The
>> >> > accounts are designed to encourage saving from the first year of
>> >> > school and they don't hassle the schools too much to run it. It's a
>> >> > win for the banks too, as they get the kids banking with them from
>> >> > an
>> >> > early age which in many cases would carry over into adult accounts.
>>
>> >> Ah. So the banks do all the work. It isn't a part of the school
>> >> curriculum, but a service provided by the banks. How interesting.
>>
>> > Ahh, but this is taking place at school. I thought you said it should
>> > be up to the parents.
>>
>> As well it should. I would venture to guess that the parents have to
>> choose
>> to let their little darlings participate in the bank's program. It does
>> not
>> seem to be a part of the school's established curriculum.
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> Where are your details? Do you have a lesson plan for that
> suggestion? You just made a suggestion (and idea) without details.
> So, no one should answer you...right?

Really? What suggestion did I make? I need a lesson plan to say that I
ventured to guess that the bank recruiting future customers via children's
savings accounts was not a part of the school's curriculum? When your wife
suggests spaghetti for dinner, do you ask her for a lesson plan?