Not all fund and games: Bartlett students face the challenges of budgeting
Bartlett High School student Kaliyah Dillion (middle) buys groceries during Leaders Credit Union’s Financial Reality Fair. The 30-day simulation allows students to balance housing, transportation, childcare and make financial choices for their lives as if they were adults. Students receive income, obligations, have a spouse and a child, and navigate the simulation to learn positive money management skills. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
On Wednesday, some Bartlett High School students learned the complexities of financial planning as they balanced jobs, housing, child care and daily necessities at the Financial Reality Fair.
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