My 7th grader filled out this “Career planning” work sheet as part of some kind of career/personal finance consoling thing through his school. The idea, I guess, is to introduce kids to budgeting etc. After selecting their career, the students are given these numbers to plug into a a worksheet to see what their budgeting would look like in real life. Some highlights:
Job – Architect
Degree – Bachelors
Salary – 120,000
Montly housing – 600
Monthly cable – 30
No mention of debt(s) needing repayment.
Remember – these numbers were not made up by a 7th grader, but given to them. Fortunately, this did allow us to have a real discussion regarding finances. If this is what children are being taught to expect/aim for, then there is no question they are being set up to either fail or see themselves as a failure, just so they too can get bludgeoned with the ol' “well, only if you worked harder/longer/better” routine.