Lessons Learned

 

What have I learned during my SEVENTY-EIGHT (78) years of life?

Well...  there is definitely a different life lived by the wealthy and by the non-wealthy and by the non-wealthy and the poor and by the military and the rest of us.  I can say this because I have lived in all four areas.

Life is different in the county or rural areas than it is in the cities, and the quality of life is different in smaller cities than it is in larger cities as seen in the areas of healthcare, the economy, and education.

Speaking of education, during the 45 years that I worked not one employer, including community colleges, 4-year colleges, and universities ever asked to see my GRADES before hiring me.  Nor did they ever visit my classes to see what kind of teaching I was doing.

It is apparent to me that being DEBT FREE as a family is a hugely overlooked area of responsibility that most Americans for some reason have no desire to observe.

I have also noticed that no financial awareness classes are being taught in high school and if they just taught the RULE OF 72, most high school graduates, if they used that information could be financially well off by the time they retired.  This is based upon saving $2.50/day for 40 years.  How much is $2.50?

Regrettably, it also appears that the youth of today, for whatever reason(s) are moving in the area of SOCIALISM without fully understanding the pros and cons of socialism versus the pros and cons of capitalism.  While it is regrettable to me, it is inevitable that this will happen, especially when one takes into consideration the probability of robots and/or robots replacing 80% of the available jobs.