Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Reasons You Need a Budget


Good Morning and Happy Wednesday!  One last block day before we head out on Spring Break!  Spring Break should be great!  For some of you it will be an opportunity to catch up on your sleep, for others of you it will be an opportunity to earn a little extra money by working some extra hours, others of you might catch up on your school work and my guess is that a few of you will plan to have fun, shop, go to the movies, etc.  As you are now moving towards the end of your high school career it is a good time to start establishing some good spending habits so you can ensure you can get what you want.  With that in mind, please read the following article:


After reading the article summarize why it is of critical importance for you to begin budgeting your money now.  Be sure to include examples from the article itself.  In addition, please discuss the likelihood of you beginning to budget your money now.  Have you already?  Do you know anyone who is either very good at budgeting their money or someone who could use some help in that department?  Which of the 5 reasons listed is most convincing to you in terms of the need to begin establishing a budget?

Thanks for your thoughtful, thorough 6-8 sentence response.  We will begin with our lesson shortly which, yes, continues with the idea of budgeting :)


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