Scholar Speak

MONEY AND EDUCATION

In America, it's fairly easy to make money if you work hard and have a great idea. My entrepreneurship class is learning this lesson as we near 100% ROI our first week of the class business. Everyone loves it. My career explorations class also finds it fascinating that college graduates will make over $1,000,000 more in their lifetime than if they had directly entered the workforce after high school. 

But how much of all this money actually reaches back to our youth? A recent article from The Washington Post caught my eye: 

"Looking solely at the federal budget, an elderly person receives close to seven federal dollars for every dollar received by a child." 

I'm glad children receive at least 10%, but I think we can do a little better.