College students lack basic financial literacy, and it is important for these students to obtain the knowledge necessary to make the right financial decisions. Many are not acquainted in the process of paying taxes, budgeting, loan rates and risks, as well as future decisions for retirement.
In this case, students are the one with the unmet needs because they are not getting the right resources to become financially literate. By commencing a workshop at the University of Florida, or any community location in Gainesville we are providing resources to students who are in need of becoming financially literate.
This were my questions:
1. Please tell me your year and major?
2. How literate do you feel when it comes to your finances?
3. If the University of Florida were to offer a workshop on financial literacy, what skills would you expect to receive from this type of workshop?
Customer Interviews: Amani, Yzra, Friday, Christian, and Michael
In the
interviews, I went through Muphree Area, and the Reitz to interview consumers
and it was nerve wrecking in the beginning, but after my first customer, it
actually became an enjoyable assignment.
The interviews
also reinforced the need of a Financial Literacy Workshop in the University of
Florida community.
Love your idea on having a financial workshop! In high school we were never really taught how to handle our finances and how investments/ stock works. I would take this class or seminar for sure! Your interviews were really good and you sounded more and more confident with each interview. I found it interested that no matter what major you are everyone seems to struggle with understanding finances.
ReplyDeleteHere are my interviews:
http://mysemesterinent3003.blogspot.com/2016/01/interviewing.html
This would be a really great idea to implement on college campuses, where as we can see a lot of people aren't super comfortable with their finances. It is something that is seemingly overlooked in terms of curriculum; we learn how to do the accounting for big firms but not our own taxes. There is actually an organization called Enactus that has a program that does something similar to this. So looking into that might give you more ideas! If you want to check out my blog the link is http://kyrstind.blogspot.com/.
ReplyDeleteHey Ana,
ReplyDeleteFinances is such a major need for college students, this was a really good idea. I know personally I ave a hard time budgeting, and I'm terrified to file my taxes. The interviews look like they went very well. It appears you were at ease asking people questions. We're supposed to put a link to our blogs in the comments so here http://triedbloggingendeduponpinterest.blogspot.com/2016/01/customer-interview.html