Students will examine current personal money management habits by answering budgeting questions. This activity can help students realize that they are “throwing away” or saving real money based on their choices and actions. You could collect the money that “costs” them and add up the total class amount “spent” on making poor budgeting decisions. Discuss as a class how much has been wasted. Ask the students to reflect on how much money they have left. Did they “spend” all their money or end up with lots of money.

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Topics include:
*cost of waiting
*pay yourself first (savings)
*rule of 72
*interest
*debt stacking
*owning vs borrowing/loaning
*responsibility

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