ARCADIA, Calif. (KABC) — Arcadia’s Barnhart School offers its eighth-grade students a financial literacy class that educates them about savings, taxes, debt and investments.<\/p>\n
“A lot of times we offer classes and kids don’t see the relevance in it,” the head of the school, Tim Spurrier, said in an interview. “Here, I think what they’re going to see is, they’re going to see something that’s going to help them for the rest of their lives.”<\/p>\n
“It just kind of interests me because, like, I don’t know how to invest right now but if I could, how much money I could make?” said student Elijah.<\/p>\n
Making money, saving money — the students understand that the sooner they figure it out, the better.<\/p>\n
“It’ll, like, help me have, like, a better, like, more successful life,” eighth-grader Triya said. “I wouldn’t, like, be struggling with money.”<\/p>\n
The school created the class to help better prepare students for a fast-changing world, and finance is a big part of it.<\/p>\n
“The kids are going to learn five important things about finance,” said business coach and finance educator Gautum Godse. “The first one is: What is money? That is very important. You need to understand what money is because now, with crypto, the definition of money is also changing.”<\/p>\n
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