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Hermon High Seniors teach finance to fourth graders

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Hermon High Seniors teach finance to fourth graders

HERMON, Maine (WABI) – Hermon High School Seniors taught fourth graders the basics of finance.

“We’re reading a book, and it talks about things you can spend with a dollar, things you can spend with $10, and it’s like penny candy or balloons. So, in our presentation, it talks about how you can either save your money or you can buy something, you want to spend or save it up for something important, or you can spend your dollar and buy 25 pieces of penny candy, or like it kind of just shows an example within our presentation of real-life situations,” said Saige Lang, Senior, Hermon High School.

The aim was to have the kids leave with a grasp of the value of money.

“They don’t have the physical cash. They might get a check from somebody that’s older, but they don’t see their parents using cash. So many people don’t spend with cash now. So, it’s so important that they know the value of cash, and, you know, you swipe it, it still is your money being spent,” explained Hermon High School Career Prep Teacher, Margie Deabay.

They say it’s important to teach the subject at an early age.

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“It’s important because it’s good to teach kids young. It’s good to start them out young so they can start picking it up as it goes on. It’s better to, I feel like it’s better to learn young than it is now, like as a senior in high school.”

“If we wait until high school, I don’t want to say it’s too late, but it is kind of to get all the kids come to high school and they are so used to swiping cards, it’s so important for them to learn at an early age. That you know the value of money.”

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On October 31, Hoskinson acknowledged the gap between Cardano’s DeFi activity and leading blockchains like Ethereum and Solana. However, he said the numbers fail to capture the network’s broader participation and governance strength.

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