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High School Seniors Get Lesson On Managing Money

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Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2012 · News & Politics

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Money is a huge part of life. Tuesday, about 140 Heritage High School seniors got a lesson in managing their money, the right way.NewsChannel 9 listened in on a guest presentation -- as local banking experts taught Economics students how to 'get smart' about their credit.It's an important step towards the future -- understanding, owning and managing credit.Banking experts spent their Tuesday at Heritage High School in Ringgold -- teaching students an important life skill.Wells Fargo district manager Kim Humbert had a heart-to-heart with Kevin Trabough's senior Economics class.She says the goal of their annual 'Get Smart About Credit initiative' is to prepare students for successful financial futures."They're not going to walk out of here knowing everything, but it may create converstation for them to go home, talk to their parents, talk to their friends, talk to their mentors, so that they can continue on this journey of education," says Kim Humbert. The lesson has the seniors thinking carefully before getting their first credit card."It helps all the kids out, that's for sure, because most of them just get a credit card, go out, run it and then their parents have to bail them out," says Mikkel Swaney, Heritage High School senior. We asked Heritage High School senior Peyton McDaniel if he was going to get a credit card --- he said, "I don't know ... I'm going to try and stay away from it --- but maybe just to build my credit history." From the classroom to the high school hallway, teachers like Mr. Trobough hope a lesson in financial responsibility is a lesson in life."I tell them that Economics is the  most relevant course they're going to take in Social Studies during their high school career  --- because it's something they deal with on an everyday basis.  Credit is going to be something right in line with that, something that they're going to deal with, literally everyday of their lives," says     Kevin Trobaugh, Heritage High school Economics teacher.The Get Smart About Credit program is sponsored by the American Bankers Association Education Foundation and reaches hundreds of seniors across the NewsChannel 9 viewing area each year.

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