Week 6 - Credit Part 3

Post date: Nov 13, 2015 9:14:32 PM

Monday Journal Prompt - Write 5-7 sentences about cool "extra credit" personal finance projects that you would like to do this year. You could write 1 sentence for each of 7 ideas, or you could write 7 sentences about 1 idea. When you are done, write an idea on the board.

Tuesday Journal Prompt - Write 7-10 sentences about job opportunities in your field (or jobs that you might be interested in).

Extra credit - create a google doc - Find 5 different job opportunities in your field and put links of the job descriptions in your doc. For each job, write 3-5 sentences about the pros and cons of that job.

Foolproof #3 Due Wednesday at 8am.

Wednesday Journal Prompt - For each of these purchases, write whether you should "sometimes", "always" or "never" take out a loan to pay for them. Explain your reasoning for each:

- House

- Car

- Vacation

- To pay for your College Education

- Your "first and last" months rent of your apartment

- To Pay for your Wedding

- To pay for your dad's knee operation

- To pay for your daughter's college education (imagine that you have one)

Thursday Journal prompt -

1) Write 5-7 sentences about what you have learned from our DCU guests so far.

2) Write 2-3 questions that you have for our DCU guests.

3) Update your DCU checkbooks.

4) If you were absent for our DCU classes, write everything you know about credit, budgeting, and setting financial goals.

Friday Journal Prompt - Write down everything that you think could be on the quiz. Think of everything that we've covered since the beginning of the year. Once you have written 7-10 sentences, write 1 on the board.