Details:

• 0:00~1:24 Introduction
• 1:24~3:25 On teaching junior English
• 3:25~4:41 Early money lessons 
• 4:41~6:51 Working at a grocery store and then working as a bank teller  
• 6:51~10:46 Source of passion for personal finance   
• 10:46~12:02 Tips for paying off debt and budgeting 
• 12:02~15:08 Pitfalls of "buy now" and "pay later"
• 15:08~19:35 Teaching “net worth” and using Mimic Personal Finance
• 19:35~19:56 A word from NGPF
• 19:56~23:32 Breaking down net worth
• 23:32~28:09  Awareness around the issue of student debt
• 28:09~30:32 The South Carolina Financial Literacy Master Teacher Program 
• 30:32~31:16 Being named the South Carolina Economics Teacher of the Year
• 31:16~32:36 The course, High School 101
• 32:36~33:30 Book recommendations
• 33:30~34:33 Conclusion

Resources:

• South Carolina Financial Literacy Master Teacher Program 
• Jump$tart   
• Mimic Personal Finance
• NGPF Podcast with Brian Bean
• Debt Free Degree
• Where the Crawdads Sing 

Quote:

• “Maybe one thing that is unique about me is that I do incorporate economics [and personal finance] concepts into my English class which sometimes people wonder ‘how’ or ‘why’ or ‘tell me more about this’.”

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