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"Wide Eyed in Wonder" wrote in message
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> On Feb 14, 9:24 pm, "teachrmama" wrote:
>> "Wide Eyed in Wonder" wrote in
>> messagenews:a95aaebc-6d38-47a8-829b-5c3edded437e@...
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>>
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>> > On Feb 12, 10:14 pm, "teachrmama" wrote:
>> >> "Wide Eyed in Wonder" wrote in
>> >> messagenews:a6fc243c-c120-4a16-ba79-c8aba0659ed2@...
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>> >> > On Feb 10, 3:03 pm, "teachrmama" wrote:
>> >> >> "Wide Eyed in Wonder" wrote in
>> >> >> messagenews:3f28bf2d-bc04-4674-ac98-4657b9ef88aa@...
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>> >> >> > On Feb 4, 4:09 pm, 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
>> >> >> >>
>>
>> >> >> > I let this go on for a bit before I would post this. I wanted to
>> >> >> > let
>> >> >> > my opponents commit themselves to an anti-savings teaching
>> >> >> > suggestion. This link...
>> >> >> >/money/
>>
>> >> >> > ..is an NEA posted story coordinated with the SEC about how to
>> >> >> > teach
>> >> >> > your kids about saving money and investing.
>>
>> >> >> > I'm betting that Rowley, Teachermama, Bob, and others will
>> >> >> > SUDDENLY
>> >> >> > suggest they weren't against teaching savings at all. Let's find
>> >> >> > out.
>>
>> >> >> Kenneth, I *never* said I was against teaching the mechanics of
>> >> >> money
>> >> >> management. I said that I did not feel it was the school's job to
>> >> >> teach
>> >> >> a
>> >> >> value system in regards to saving. In my area, the districts have
>> >> >> been
>> >> >> teaching the mechanics of money management, credit, etc, for
>> >> >> *years.*
>> >> >> It
>> >> >> is
>> >> >> written into the math goals.
>>
>> >> > As I said...suddenly approving of what I was suggesting, after
>> >> > dozens
>> >> > of posts disagreeing with it...or were you just trying to disagree
>> >> > with me on .... anything you could find?
>>
>> >> You do seem to enjoy the martyr role, don't you? Please
>> >> show
>> >> where I said there was something wrong with teaching the basics of
>> >> money
>> >> management as part of the math curriculum. IOW--prove it, Kenneth.
>>
>> > Since that is all I have ever said, you were either saying something
>> > false about me to disagree or were opposed to one with whom you
>> > agreed. Take your pick.
>>
>> That isn't all you have said. You have also said the following:
>>
>> *****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.*****
>>
>> ****>Rowley: IMO, this (saving money) is something that should be taught
>> at
>> home by
>>
>> > the kids parents.
>>
>> > Martin
>>
>> You: Agreed. That doesn't mean it's not a good message to teach the
>> kids
>> at school, especially if our goal is to teach them to prepare them for
>> life.*****
>>
>> *****You: Go back and read the discussion where I
>> said we should teach kids to save money*****
>>
>> We already teach the basics of money management in my district. We do
>> *not*
>> have class savings accounts, or teach kids to save money, however. Do
>> you
>> think that a curriculum teaching basic money management is adequate, or
>> do
>> you feel it should go further and have class savings accounts and teach
>> the
>> children to save money? Which is it?
>
> Since you have supposedly asked "repeatedly" for specifics and got
> none in return, you can have no specifics of mine with which to
> disagree...correct?

No, not correct. And why don't you give specifics on how you want to teach
kids to save money? Do you actually have any specifics to share?