Schools should not only teach the basics to be able to work for somebody else, but also how to work on your own if you choose.
Since most high schools don't teach personal finance, teenagers most in need of this education (those students with parents that have good finances and are likely teaching them at home) are left to try and figure out this information on their own after they graduate. Ferris Bueller may have called high school “childish and stupid,” but if seniors graduate with a base knowledge of personal finance, they’ll be better off than learning it once they’re already in the workforce.
