This thread has gone totally side ways. It was not meant to bash teachers, wanting a change in curriculum does NOT shed a bad light on them. I was not aware of the CALM course, but having read the thread and the CALM doc. I am under the impression it just touches on finance. I believe that students would be better prepared with a semester long course on personal finance. Studying investment strategies, mortgages, taxes etc.
One of the worst things for kids is the tax programs out there. I made both my kids do their taxes on long forms till they were out of the house. I wanted them to understand how taxes worked and were applied. The long form does a good job of this.
My apologies to the teachers out there.
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