Personal Finance for High School Students
Does your student know how to retire with $1 million? What about paying for college with tax-free money?
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Course overview
Knowledge of personal finance is an essential skill for every student
Compared to the overabundance of possible extracurricular and advanced placement classes, this course teaches practical, life-long skills relevant for every person.
The earlier someone understands the principles of sound personal finance, the greater the positive impact on their lives. There are few courses for a high school student that will have more of an impact on their life than personal finance.
How much of a difference does understanding personal finance make? More than $800k!!
If you save and invest $150 per month starting at 30, you will retire with about $500k.
If you save and invest $150 per month starting at 20, you will retire with about $1.3 million!
Who is this course for
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High School students who want to learn how to effectively manage their money
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Students who want to understand how small disciplined financial decisions have huge long-term impacts
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Applicable to every High School student. Personal finance is one of the most valuable and practical courses they can take.
Key topics in this course
Retirement Accounts
How anyone can retire with $1 million!
Compound Interest
Discover the incredible power of compound interest.
Debt: The problems and benefits of debt.
Plus what Dave Ramsey gets wrong! We will work through an exercise using math to see how some of his advice makes people poorer
Investing for college and beyond
Learn about tax free investment accounts and understand a variety of strategies for responsibly investing in a retirement account
Other topics
Including: credit cards, budgeting strategies, renting vs. buying, taxes and techniques for reducing tax payments
What’s included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Sean Sullivan in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
Maven Guarantee
This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.
Course syllabus
10 live sessions • 26 lessons
Week 1
Meet fellow students from around the country
Study core principles that drive gains and losses across all aspects of finance
Witness the power of compound interest
Learn how ANYONE can retire with $1 million
Discover the variety of retirement accounts and investment types
Sep
10
Session 1
Sep
12
Session 2
Introduction and Interest rates
Welcome to the course!
In this class students will:
Investing
In this class students will:
Week 2
Witness the dangers of credit cards
Learn how to properly utilize debit cards/credit cards/cash
Understand which method of payment is safest
Analyze the differences between renting, paying in cash, and a mortgage
Understand the pros and cons of each
Learn how a house can be a great investment or a terrible investment
Sep
17
Session 3
Sep
19
Session 4
Credit Cards
In this class students will:
Mortgage vs. Renting
In this class students will:
Week 3
Get really frustrated when they realize how much they will pay in taxes over their lifetime
Understand the taxes most people pay and how social security works
Learn strategies for minimizing taxes owed
Learn the value of saving
Study strategies for disciplined money decisions
Evaluate how inflation destroys your savings
Sep
24
Session 5
Sep
26
Session 6
Taxes
In this class students will:
Savings
In this class students will:
Week 4
Deep dive into the dangers of debt
Identify the scenarios in which debt can be beneficial
Learn what Dave Ramsey gets wrong and how following some of his advice will make you poorer
Understand how credit scores are calculated
What can you do to improve your score
What you can do now to begin developing your credit score
Oct
1
Session 7
Oct
3
Session 8
What’s wrong with debt?
In this class students will:
Credit score
In this class students will:
Week 5
Learn investing strategies used for decades by investors like Warren Buffett
Study the dangers of speculating and the power of avoiding large losses
Learn how apps like Robinhood take advantage of investors
Oct
8
Session 9
Oct
10
Session 10
Investing strategies
In this class student will:
Question free-for-all
This will be a free-for-all class where we will cover any questions not addressed in other modules as well as any topics that students would like to discuss.
Meet your instructor
Sean Sullivan
Sean Sullivan
He holds an MBA from the University of Oxford and a BA in Political Science from Grove City College. He is a former growth and strategy consultant for McKinsey & Company.
Sean has been investing since he was 15 and has a passion for helping others to effectively manage their finances.
He lives in Texas with his wife, daughter, and dog Bailey.
Course schedule
2-3 hours per week
Tuesdays & Thursdays
11:00am - 12:00pm CST
This timing is flexible and a survey will be sent out prior to the start date to confirm the optimum course time for enrolled students.
Start date: September 10, 2024
Weekly readings
1-2 hours per week
Some lessons may have pre-readings which will be sent out prior to the class.
An end of course exam will be provided.
Learning is better with cohorts
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you