In this episode, we ask:

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• Did you receive any practical financial education in school?
  
• Would you like to see financial education in schools?
  
• Who is Vince Shorb?
  
• How about lizards?
  
• What about the entrepreneurial spark?
  
• Is there a financial illiteracy epidemic?
  
• What’s Vince’s story?
  
• How has education changed and stayed the same over the last 100 years?
  
• How much time do teachers spend on practical, personal finance?
  
• What outcomes would benefit high school students?
  
• What about reform?
  
• What principles would Vince teach if he were Pope of Education?
  
• What are the financial literacy needs for kids in elementary school?
  
• What about shaping positive behaviors?
  
• At what age do financial habits develop?
  
• What do 7 to 9-year-olds need to learn?
  
• What are some sustainable and practical habits around saving and spending?
  
• What are some considerations for high school students?
  
• What about project based activities?
  
• How does one prepare to select and pay for a rental home and pay bills?
  
• What about college-level students?
  
• What about the risk of college debt?
  
• How do kids learn about money?
  
• What about kids earning money for chores?
  
• How might kids learn about bills, loans and savings?
  
• What can kids manage?
  
• Have you or your kids read the book, the Richest Boy in Athens?
  
• Have you played the game Cash Flow for Kids?
  
• Have you played the game Payday?
  
• Have you seen or read the Tuttle Twins books?
  
• How might kids start their own business?
  
• How about encouraging kids to participate in the Children’s Entrepreneur Market?
  
• How might one move forward after a financial literacy deficit in school?
  
• What about resilience after mistakes have stacked up?
  
• What about income?
  
• What about expenses?
  
• What about savings?
  
• Do you need to earn more?
  
• Do you need to save more?
  
• Why is consistency the key?
  
• What myths need to be busted?
  
• What happens when kids apply practical knowledge?
  
• Would you like to connect with Vince Shorb on LinkedIn?
  
• Would you like to see the financial curriculum?
  
• What about growing and scaling financial literacy in your community?
  
• What are the takeaways?
  
• What are the action steps?
  

Vince Shorb is one of the country’s leading advocates for promoting financial wellness and a thought leader in teaching and scaling financial education programming.After spending 15 years in financial services working one-on-one with more than 20,000 people, he founded the National Financial Educators Council – an organization dedicated to combating the financial illiteracy epidemic. He is the current CEO of the NFEC, an IACET Accredited company and a Certified B Corporation.