This week in class students found their monthly car payments - on any car they wished to buy. Some monthly payments were over $2000! Students then had to explain if they thought they could realistically purchase the car they wanted. Then they had to find 2 ways to lower the payment and see if that made a difference in being able to afford their vehicle.
Many students did not realize how much a car payment would be. We also talked about how priorities change in the future and that they may choose to have things like water and electricity in their lives instead of a fancy car! Hopefully this is a lesson that my students will take with them into their real life.
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