### Comment:
They are. I went to a pretty crappy school and we did basics on checking accounts, budgeting, setting up a business, how stocks (not options) mainly work. We even did a paper account for most of the semester do get a gist on how trades work. The only problem is 15-18 year olds don't want to learn about things that don't affect them in the immediate future.

### REPLY:
These are facts. I took a financial algebra class (when I was 16) that taught us how to read stock tickers, how to balance our personal accounts and stuff like that. I could not care less about anything going on in that class.  
  
 Now that I'm 21 that's all I like learning about.

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