Okay, so I know we haven't posted for eons, but it's summer and... (okay that's not an excuse) it's all Dan's fault!!! But anyways, just an update on our project, a few days ago, (okay, no, more like, a few months ago) on the 9th, Dan and I "achieved our final goal" of sorts, by presenting to the Saskatoon school board and urging them to "support curricular development of for financial literacy in primary and secondary schools". The presentation went smoothly, though it wasn't much of a presentation, seeing as we had around 5 minutes to say our whole spiel. But it was a start and the trustees (the people we were presenting to) seemed interested. So sorry guys, if all goes well for us, you may be forced into taking financial courses soon. The blog however, may not live for too much longer... unless you guys really want to read our posts. Would you keep reading if we keep posting?
Anyways, just thought you might like to know. :)
I couldn't help but post my "findings" to the blog..One night, listening to the sounds of.. stuff, I realized that my (startling) amount of overdue homework seems to have a correlation to an adult's pool of debt ("the pool came with a free deck chair, and that was just too much of a deal to pass away").
First comes the relaxing. Playing videogames instead of doing the homework, or buying that new videogame with a credit card (the latter being the "debt" scenario). Days after the due date, the student might start to work on the project, trying to make it better than before, to compensate for late marks off. In the case of debt, one would try getting a raise, and working harder to pay off what has accumulated. Meanwhile, the debt/homework starts to pile up over time through interest or school. The student/adult will try to work harder to pay off their debts, but by persisting in their ordinary activities, the work never compensates to the debt.And so a vicious cycle has begun, and the only way to change it is to change our day to day activities.Just a thought. I hope it's enlightening in some way.
Okay, so I know we haven't posted for eons, but it's summer and... (okay that's not an excuse) it's all Dan's fault!!! But anyways, just an update on our project, a few days ago, (okay, no, more like, a few months ago) on the 9th, Dan and I "achieved our final goal" of sorts, by presenting to the Saskatoon school board and urging them to "support curricular development of for financial literacy in primary and secondary schools". The presentation went smoothly, though it wasn't much of a presentation, seeing as we had around 5 minutes to say our whole spiel. But it was a start and the trustees (the people we were presenting to) seemed interested. So sorry guys, if all goes well for us, you may be forced into taking financial courses soon. The blog however, may not live for too much longer... unless you guys really want to read our posts. Would you keep reading if we keep posting? 
