The Missing Subject: Financial Literacy

Schools teach you algebra and ancient history but skip the one subject that affects your

entire adult life. Money. The reason is simple. Our education system was built in the

industrial age to create obedient workers, not wealthy entrepreneurs. Back then,

you got a job, worked forty years, and retired with a pension. Financial literacy

was not necessary. Today's system still operates on that outdated model. Teachers follow

state mandated curriculums that prioritize standardized test scores over life skills.

Personal finance does not boost those test results, so it gets ignored. Plus,

most teachers never received financial education themselves, so they cannot teach what they do not