I spent an interesting weekend at the Learning Annex seminar in Boston. I heard speakers from Donald Trump to Tony Robbins to Robert Kiyosaki (Of Rich Dad, Poor Dad fame). I even heard George Forman. They talked about what makes people successful primarily in the financial arena. And each of them said that our kids were not being taught financial literacy in school.
I have mixed feelings when I hear those comments. I know how hard I worked in the classroom to prepare my students for life. And I know that many other teachers do the same. But since I've also been in the business world for over ten years, I know that the way we teach needs some serious upgrading.
I made some massive changes in my teaching style in the last five years I taught after I began attending the mega business seminars. Nationally recognized speakers need to be highly effective to continuously hold the attention of their large audiences they attract or they're out of business. As teachers we really need to take notice. I know that when I began teaching using some of the technique of speakers...everything changed.
Oh...and by the way Robert Kiyosaki...I do teach financial literacy. I listened when you said we need to teach this in schools and it's been in my course for over 6 years now!
more on this next time....
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