Exactly what pupils’ learn in their lessons will be decided later this year. 5)At the very least, the aim is that young people leave school with a basic understanding of how to manage their money sensibly.
艱難的經濟時期還看不到盡頭,政府認為年輕人更應該做好準備了。道理很簡單——錢是很重要的,因此理財教育也應該從娃娃一踏進校門抓起。這項計劃意味著小學生就要開始接受如何省錢和管理銀行賬戶方麵的教育。年齡再大一點的11至14歲的學生要學習信用卡和貸款的知識,而15至16歲的學生就要懂得債務及其對人們生活的影響。
女學生甲:像我這麼大的孩子,沒多少人懂這方麵的知識。他們不太懂貸款什麼的,他們以後會接觸那方麵的東西,但他們不懂得應該怎麼做。
男學生甲:這對我們將來有好處,因為到時候你會知道如何運用自己的信用卡,如何用信用卡付費。
女學生乙:他們可以把複雜的內容細分,把它簡單化,這樣我們學習起來就容易得多,而不是像大人所處理的那麼複雜。
男學生乙:當你把錢存進去時,你的銀行賬戶就有錢了;而當你取出來時,你就會把錢給花掉。
將理財課程正式地引入課堂這一舉措受到金融專家的歡迎,前提是它們源於現實生活。
金融記者:我想學校是教育人們金錢運作背後的“技巧”的理想之地。當然,當你走進社會的時候,理財依靠的主要還是“世俗智慧”。許多小孩子都具備這種智慧:手機讓他們學會理財,他們也知道如何讓零花錢變得耐花。但問題是,一旦他們長大掌管家庭開支的時候,他們就把這些基本技巧都忘了,因為他們突然間太專注於其他事情了。我們就是要把金錢運作的大原理傳授給我們的孩子。
學生們具體會學習哪些內容,今年晚些時候就會見分曉。總之,這門課程的目標最起碼就是要使學生畢業的時候能具備理性理財的基本知識。
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● Recent studies have found that the burden of debt, accentuated[強調] by the recession and high levels of unemployment, has created a new generation of “mummy’s boys[離不開父母、不能自立的人]”.
● While education cannot prevent debt, it can help to make people aware of their finances and possibly contribute to reducing the debt problem.
● Money management is something that has been overlooked for too long. Before now, people have just been expected to leave school and become financially independent with no guidance, in a society where credit is very readily available.
● The worry is that teachers think that personal finance is out of the comfort zone. As a result there is a danger that personal finance education will be marginalized[忽視,排斥].