Financial Education

Financial education is a part of my education that I know I am lacking. I do not know everything that I should I believe and that is why normally I just turn to my mom who explains or helps me with any financial questions. Even though I do not know everything I should I believe that I do make good choices when it comes to spending money. I do have a job so I do know how easy it is to throw money away. I would say that I am a saver because I normally do not spend lots of money on clothes or unnecessary things during the week. Most of my money is spent on gas or food if I have to eat out during the week. I try to save as much money as I can out of each pay cheque. After I quit my last job I had about $600 in a separate savings account, so I considered that pretty good for saving. If I am going to make a purchase I always ask myself if it will be worth it in a month or is it really necessary to purchase? I think that if there was a class, such as Personal Financial Education, in school it would actually help students out with managing their money. I think we all need to learn more about finances so that when we graduate high school and move out of our home we are not overwhelmed with issues. Teenagers are in need of financial education, but I think the rest of the world could to as well. There may not be as many financial problems throughout the world if more people were educated earlier on in their life.