This 3rd grade math teacher charges her students rent

Third-grade math teacher Shelby Lattimore has been teaching her students about “classroom economy” where she teaches them different ways to be mindful of spending and budgeting. On the first of every month, Lattimore’s students pay her $7 in play money for their desks and chairs. They can earn money through jobs like feeding the class pet and taking up other responsibilities around the classroom. Lattimore has also taken to TikTok where the TikTok Creator Fund has helped keep her from taking up a second job. Lattimore is now able to spend more time with her students before and after school, as well as educating others through her channel.
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[@xjcrossx]

That's awesome. My fourth grade teacher did this same thing. We had money, a bank, jobs, and even a Court. You could sue your classmates if they did something wrong to you. A kid threw a football at my head during recess and I sued him and took a lot of his money. It was actually a genius way to teach kids about life.

[@vminhope3040]

That’s so cool. I have no idea how real life worked after I graduated. I didn’t know what a resume was.. and what insurance was

[@AP-pm9qy]

My immigrant parents broke their back sending me to private school and I didn’t learn any of this. They thought private school will give me the life skills but really private school is a collection of rich kids that are learning the important life skills from their parents not the school.

[@dianasalazar4488]

Omg, this is great. Teaches kids not to do bad things and the consequences of how money is affected by it ex. DUI. I'm sure your class had an understanding about the jail system as well.

[@waterdragon55]

Tht is actually funny but is really great for kids t9 learn I meant abt the seeing thing was alittle funny if u think abt it

[@SierraP]

Wow that must’ve been an interesting experience that equips yall for life. That’s a blessing.

[@kay123nay]

It’s crazy though to say that we value our children and teachers, but don’t pay the teachers a living wage.

[@lukehelleksen68]

But we have 60 billion for Ukraine! Is America first starting to make a little sense? 🤔

[@miguelsanchez404]

The money that’s supposed to go to public schools gets absorbed into private schools, you can thank lobbyists and Betsy debos for that. sending money to Israel and Ukrainian is just stupid putting the future generations in more debt before they can even understand or vote for the war, that they will be paying for in the future …paying for someone else’s fight they claim to be winning all on they’re own to add insult

[@jebby16]

It is a living wage if you manage your money well....and not buying coffee at Starbucks.

[@pradyotrai8717]

We like con-artist and billionaire who have ‘more is less’ mantra. Trump and Musk are the hero that signifies everything that is wrong with America. Kudos to teachers who want to teach despite all the adversities.

[@Mediocrity_In_Action]

​@pradyotrai8717 Of course you don't mention the dementia patient in the white house.😂

[@ssakimoto7817]

I used to do this in 5th, until my Principal said to stop because of one complaint. Most parents and students really enjoyed learning real life lessons made fun. You go, teacher! Lots of life lessons.

[@AP-pm9qy]

Ridiculous how something like this gets shut down because of a complaint but yet young kids can change their whole gender in school and the parents don’t get a say…

[@onion_____]

​@@AP-pm9qydat's the government's plan

[@ssjayy-xs5lh]

Bet you it's a kid that spent all their money on candy and went home to cry that he has no more money.

[@sciencelabvideosl7558]

Yes. I was thinking the exact same thing.

[@oneandonly1990]

Complaint?! What was the complaint about? This is real life skills that children should know, how could anyone complain about it!

[@sallyreilly1501]

My fifth grade teacher, waaaay back in 1969 used this same approach during one semester. Though she gave us, each student; "checkbooks" that she had created. Doing pretty much the same thing as this teacher. We earned "money" that we deposited, budgeted and spent. All while we added, subtracted, multiplied and divided. She also included teaching us to use our best penmanship (that others could easily read) AND to develope our "signatures". To this day I use the signature I had created during that time. I think of this often and remember it like it was last month, not 55 years ago. We felt responsible, had fun and learned the usefulness of Math and Penmanship. Those few months made more impact on me; than anything else I learned during my grammer (and HS) school years. It was a fun way to learn a lifelong, to this day, lesson. ❤ RIP Miss Donovan ❤ (The best teacher ever.)

[@marcgarrett5427]

THIS! This is something that is vitally important for all kids, no matter their race. This is more of what schools should be teaching. This educator should be commended and copied.

[@AC-os1he]

They'll probably fire her, our leaders don't want a well educated population.

[@0H9D]

Yes, I knew some people fresh out of high school who couldn’t balance a checkbook.

[@twinkletoes6290]

@@0H9DI think the vast amount of the younger generations don’t know how to balance their checkbooks these days. Honestly, they don’t even know what that is, what it means, what the purpose of it is, let alone how to do it or that it’s a real thing! Even though we don’t write checks like we used to, where it was one of our main forms of how we paid for transactions and the main way we paid for all of our bills, and therefore needed to balance our checkbook regularly, we should still be “balancing our checkbook” via our online banking and all the bank/debit card transactions, as well as any physical checks we write and balancing our actual checkbook! Way too many ppl just look at their available balance via their online banking and just rely on it all to be done automatically by technology. Instead of actually looking through all your transactions, making sure they’re all correct and for the correct amount, making sure those are all your transactions and there aren’t any unauthorized transactions - not only relying on the bank to catch those bc while banks are pretty good at that, they can miss things bc the transaction doesn’t send up an alert that it’s unusual spending, monitoring transactions your kids may be making w your card via it being hooked up to their phone or they have your card details saved as a payment option associated w their account from somewhere they’ve ordered before, if they’re making transactions through the shared Amazon account or buying online movies and stuff like that. Just making sure everything lines up, nothing odd is going on, being able to track your spending amount and budget correctly or set a new budget (to be able to put more in savings, or if you’re saving up for a more expensive purchase like a trip/vacation, a big item purchase that will be expensive, etc). Also keeping an eye out for those test transactions of less than a dollar or about a dollar or two that criminals make once they get your card details to check to see if it will go through before they go on a costly shopping spree w your account! If you catch those test transactions, you can get on the phone w your bank right away before the criminals get to go on the shopping spree, so you avoid all the hassle of all the fraudulent charges you’ll have to deal w afterwards, getting your bank to send you a new card, etc. Way too many ppl rely and trust the bank and technology to be doing all the work and balancing their account for them, which isn’t a smart thing to do! So, we still should be balancing our checkbooks via online banking transactions w the bank/debit card and any actual checks and checkbooks, while also using that info to track our own spending habits and be more wise about how we spend our money, budget correctly throughout the month, budget correctly for the month ahead at the start of the month, set a new budget for specific goals like saving more, making a big item purchase that’s expensive, etc!

[@BrysonHalley]

Like currently, in 2024?@@0H9D

[@mr-x7689]

There is no sutch thing as race when it comes to people or any other animal species for that matter. It's a mentality, and a discusting one at that. There is however somthing called species, but not among humans. The last other human species where the neanderthal, and all of them died out about 40.000 years ago. All living humans of today are of the same species, we just look different. And that dosent make us in to different species.

[@debcarpenter8519]

Ms. Lattimore, you're what all teachers should be a mirror of. Thank you for what you are doing!!

[@L0RDSH0CK3W4V3GamingAdvice]

There not enough likes for this teacher for her accomplishments in this video. What a Great teacher.

[@jhanicenelson3301]

She doesn't need them! Her students give her enough likes!! 100%

[@fitupwitsamsword]

Kids everywhere need more education in finance. Keep up the good work!

[@GlennKurusu]

Makes me wonder why they replaced personal finance/Home Economics with “Common Core.” My personal proposal: They removed it, in order to financially manipulate people later in life. What’s your proposal as to why they promoted “Common Core”?

[@marjamerryflower]

This way of teaching the kids life skills changes the cycle of poverty

[@DanielMoreno-tw8ll]

No it won't. Free healthcare and education does.

[@fortunamajor7239]

​@@DanielMoreno-tw8ll exactly. 2024 and people still not grasping that this isn't just about personal responsibility but fixing overarching systems

[@planefan082]

@@fortunamajor7239 Both helps, but yes the root issues are systemic

[@cosmicllama6910]

Not when they get to be her age and they can have 2 jobs and STILL have to live out of their cars. This system of "Oh look I'm inflating your rent!" "OH NOO!" It's cute in a classroom but not in real life, what's happening is unsustainable

[@nelsonvazquez8104]

@@DanielMoreno-tw8ll agree this won’t teach people to get out of poverty actual financial education such as teaching about assets, liabilities, mutplus streams of money and so forth will get you out of poverty

[@nacarrasquillo]

4:59 That lil girl learned to love her SELF, her natural hair by having a teacher look like her. Thats a whole new story right there.

[@BrianMcAvoy13]

Teachers make less than 45k a year. Random board members who dont know the difference between left and right make that in a few hours. We need to start making changes to our society and how we distribute money.

[@CaliMeatWagon]

According the to the National Center for Education Statistics teachers made on average ~$65,000 a year in the United States for the 2020-2021 year. The national personal personal income for that year was ~$44,400. That's ~2/3rds of a teachers salary. Teachers make more than most Americans.

[@civi-s4j]

​@@CaliMeatWagon I am sure there are state wise differences.

[@elizabethwitt2621]

​@@CaliMeatWagonAnd put in an incredible amount of hours along with purchasing classroom necessities out of their own pockets. Let's look at the whole picture. When all is said and done teachers are extremely underpaid for how important their job is.

[@CaliMeatWagon]

" I am sure there are state wise differences." @@civi-s4j Of course, that is why I used national numbers.

[@CaliMeatWagon]

@@elizabethwitt2621 The hours isn't exactly true. When all the math is said and done they work an average 42 hours a week for the year. And those numbers are from WeAreTeachers. While you could argue for hire pay for them, they are making quite a bit more than the average American. About 46% more while working the same amount of hours (according the Bureau of Labor Statistics the average full time worker works 8.42 hours a day which comes out to 42.1 hours week).

[@lfeb]

I have always been frustrated that neither my daughter or I were taught these things in school, my parents weren't good at it and didn't teach me... it's very hard to figure out on your own!

[@AP-pm9qy]

You're not the only one. I responded to another comment saying the same thing. My immigrant parents sacrificed everything to get me into a private school and I didn't learn this there either. Private school is just for rich kids to socialise. All these financial lessons are passed down from the parents from generations.

[@toddmaek5436]

KZbin University

[@Porter5habazz]

@@toddmaek5436💯💯 because I’ve learned so much on YT frfr

[@Jupe367]

When I was in the 7th grade, we had a company representative partnering with our class who taught us economics once week throughout our school year. This was decades ago but I still remember how excited I was when he arrived. It was the most interesting thing I ever learned and I looked forward to his day of the week. He taught expenses and savings, investments, economics, etc. It was class like this that I understood monetary value and economics.

[@Flipper86]

Likely Junior Achievement

[@MouseCIick]

Wow someone actually teaching useful life skills they can use in the future.

[@elizabethwitt2621]

She's like that one old school teacher that went way above that you never forget your whole life. Financial skills should be part of school curriculum everywhere starting at a young age.She's so needed by these beautiful kids!

[@jz4087]

I wish there were more people like this lady. The value she is giving these kids is immense.

[@bunny12989]

Most parents do not value creative and innovative teachers. You always get that one parent who wants to shut it down. I appreciate you.❤

[@_.Chantri._]

Such an amazing Teacher! I’m happy and grateful that my son has her!💕

[@markislivingdeliberately]

My third grade teacher did this. Then I taught him a very good lesson about how photocopiers work 😂😂

[@dawnofthedelts]

Hahahaha! I had a student do the same thing...so we had to change the system. I'm sure he's a financial wizard now!

[@mystery5655]

That photocopier back in the days was a real investment. You could triple your returns in a week.😅😅😅

[@-_Somebody_]

Go to ‘jail’ for counterfeit money

[@lukeyarasheski5510]

This is amazing. I hope she gets the attention she deserves. Btw NC is 49th in the country in teacher pay. There have been quite a few good teachers that have left for this exact reason in the state

[@gerardocastro7403]

They don't teach this enough. I wish we had many Ms lattimores all around the u.s. I work in a financial institution and you would be surprised at the lack of knowledge some young folks exhibit. Not only that but generational wealth and culture gap. The trends are real let's break them.

[@EarlHall-zi4cm]

She's a treasure, the children are blessed to have her as a teacher. Beautiful thing to see her have such a positive impact, i hope she stays in the profession

[@homeinthecountry2]

I'm not crying, you're crying.😆 Amazing story, amazing teacher, amazing kids!!

[@Anita-vg8mp]

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant! This learning experience will follow these children for a lifetime.

[@WVgrl59]

This is a great way to teach kids about money early on while you still can teach them.❤

[@dappermuis5002]

one of the best things my parents did for us was, when we wanted more pocket money, they eventually said ok, but now you are responsible for certain things. First it was paying for my own sweets, eventually it got to where I had to buy my own clothes with the money provided. the only things provided was my school uniform (in my country public schools have uniforms) and other items for school. Everything else I wanted I had to use my pocket money. Then when I left school I had to pay rend while staying at home. True it wasn't a lot of money they asked for, but it was the principal and lesson of budgeting they kept teaching us about. Making sure we had good habbits for life. Unfortunately these days many people have bad spending habits and no good role models to show how to do it. The world needs more people like this teacher. We need more teachers period. Sad to say the world over teachers are the ones paid almost nothing, yet they are the ones shaping our world one child at a time.

[@aixfukumoto]

Bless this woman and others like her who teach children about money. Not only is it hands on that the kids experience what dealing with money is like especially with essential payments but it molds their relationship with money. They learn the value of it and learn the basics of managing it. Not to mention the responsibility of handling it. It makes them more equipt to deal with the real world and is something they would carry out to their adulthood. This would have really helped me who wasn't taught about personal finances in an environment where money wasn't talked much about in a healthy and helpful way. More power to her and others like her.

[@TheJackBaker]

way to go!!!! teach them that finance is a skill that can be taught. It is not just about personal finance , it's about appreciating the education you have, and how much it is that things cost. It is never too young to learn about money. Discussing money is not a dirty thing, it is not rude, it is necessary for life.

[@sos2530]

This teacher unlocked a childhood memory for me. My third grade teacher did this project as well.

[@annjones6543]

Cashiers, Tellers, Accountants, Match Teachers, clerks in the making , they feel comfortable counting Money they will be able to gain employment in some of those areas

[@crystalrelic_art]

I really hope more schools start implementing teaching methods like this. Kids need to be prepared for the real world, especially when they're nearly finished with high school, and this is a great way to introduce the concept of paying "rent and bills". I hope she and other teachers like her get the pay they absolutely deserve, and I wish nothing but the best for those kids.❤

[@setsandpropsfilmtv3403]

this world ,ourworld, desperately, needs more teachers...more people like Ms. Shelby Latimore

[@annjones6543]

Yes, 3 rd Graders can learn anything 💫🤩

[@paulcrop536]

This is absolutely brilliant! Kudos to Ms Lattimore! Talk about thinking outside the box, instead of going through the motions on a daily basis in a outdated educational system. You are miles ahead of the education system by far! You are dearly cherished, and should be truly appreciated and looked apon for any inspiration for anyone involved with education! Cheers , keep up the amazing work!

[@ishab745]

KUDOS to this awesome teacher, for actually preparing students with real world experiential learning of money, work etc. I love this!

[@insurrection8744]

This is what our kids need. A great prep for the real world. We need to incentivize teachers and pay them accordingly.

[@JosephBeeboo-ll9qv]

I LOVE this!! Excellent teaching our young real life situations ❤

[@BanFamilyVlogging]

It’s pretty dystopian that kids have to learn this stuff, but since this is the world that we live in, good on her for teaching these skills early 💜

[@joshywashy3453]

Not sure why it’s dystopian. These are future responsibilities that these kids will grow up to have when living independently, so it would be a disservice to not expose them to some of those adult tasks. Is it dystopian to teach kids fitness so they can take care of their bodies throughout their lives?

[@BanFamilyVlogging]

@@joshywashy3453 the fact that we live in a country in which it literally costs money to stay alive is dystopian. We normalize it by using euphemisms like “budgeting skills,” but the reality is that we’re all born into a system that we need to learn to navigate in order to survive.

[@BonDijon]

@@BanFamilyVlogging but thats not dystopian as much as its how things always were? like before money we needed to learn the skills to survive (ie. hunt, etc). theres no free lunch

[@BanFamilyVlogging]

@@BonDijon if you think that living in harmony with nature & providing for ourselves is a dystopian concept, then I don’t know what to tell you. :/ I guess good thing you live in capitalism?

[@LadyMinNYC]

What fantasy game do you live in? It has always been this way for centuries, even back in the biblical days trade was a form of currency that allowed civilization to prosper. we would have gone extinct if we were still hunting and foraging. you are alive right now commenting on KZbin because of it. Yes, money has become the end all be all but without it the world would be much worse. ​@@BanFamilyVlogging

[@slicedice577]

100, 000,000👍THIS is AWESOME.Need more like her❤

[@traveilarmundsims1670]

She’s there BEFORE the bell rings and there AFTER the bell rings. Not only is she a dedicated teacher….it’s a calling of hers. People like her deserve soooooo much more.❤

[@d0n0mar55]

that granny square blouse or poncho 👍👍👍👍👍 love it !!

[@mildredmunoz7191]

I was thinking the same 😊

[@Jules-740]

I need the pattern!

[@Chesh89]

She's a true educator, and her passion is inspiring. Fantastic teacher!!! We need more like her!

[@justindavis1665]

Lol. I love this. At first I thought it was gonna be a teacher busted for taking real $ from students 😂😂. This is awesome!!! ❤️👍

[@BrentWigginsWords]

Economics should be taught at all grade levels, from basic budgeting to taking out a loan and how to pay it back. Kudos to Ms. Lattimore and the teachers who follow her lead.

[@auntiemeemaw3885]

Absolutely fabulous! Not everyone's parents know it for themselves to teach their children. This teacher is a blessing!

[@ttuck9011]

God bless you Ms lattimore please keep up the good work thank you ❤❤❤❤

[@vivalaleta]

Teach kids the skills they'll need in the future. Not just dates and crap.

[@FakenameStevens]

Dates are your national identity and understanding history is they key for shared cultural values keeping a society strong.

[@vivalaleta]

@@FakenameStevens Absolutely not. It's far better to teach children what happened than weighing them down with remembering the dates of when wars began, etc. You'll never need that information again. I, for one, was taught next to nothing about geography or anything else about other countries than mine. That's ridiculous.

[@just.R.A.]

I love this!! Giving these kids a head start on how to earn & save & spend & budget!

[@ItsANiceDayAlways]

Brilliant teacher with a big heart ❤

[@mydearryl]

My 3rd grade teacher, Mrs Wilmington, did something like this and i really enjoyed it and her class. She was one of my favorite teachers.

[@TheWoodland12]

Oh I’m sorry I forgot my 3rd grade teacher mr. Medlock kinda did this but with checks and check books. Love you wherever you are mr. Medlock. Also my 8th grade math teacher a couple years was going to do this with play money and teach us about finances but unfortunately the school wouldn’t let him . Their exc were use was budget cuts and they wanted him to focus on the mandatory curriculum for the year. He did manage to teach us a little but nowhere near what he wanted too. Love and miss you . Mr. Potts ( my at school dad as I called him because he always looked after me making sure to catch the bullies and advocate for me as I’m special needs) . 8th grade as well as kindergarten were r the only 2 years I wasn’t the bullies main target. I was bullied twice in 8th grade but after mr. Potts handled them it didn’t happen anymore and until this day I still don’t know how he stopped it but I’m forever grateful and thankful. My 5th grade teacher advocate and tried to protect me but the bullies were so sneaky that year and I didn’t want to be a tattletale as I was already known as te😊achers pet and goody 2 shoes. Thank you and love you bou

[@psyckchyck]

I have been saying this should be taught in public schools for decades! All this time, I never imagined such an applicable, creative way to teach the lesson. FANTASTIC, BRILLIANT, ABOVE AND BEYOND!!! 🏆👏🏾

[@tashaa.453]

I appreciate her and the life lessons she is teaching her children! I wish i had a teacher to teach me life lessons like these!

[@rodkoehler]

Love it! Printed up my own money and ran my classroom like this for my last 15 years before retiring. Really started popping when I got a toaster oven and I started selling brownie mix, popcorn, etc. I paid the kids for mastering objectives and time on task. Also had a list of misbehaviors they could buy, like leaning on two legs of their chair. Rewarding positive behavior is a more efficient use of time than punishing behaviors that bug the teacher. Don;t get me started on how much better it is for all of us to be respected like this.

[@Cristoburns]

These kids don’t know how blessed they are yet. They will remember her when they’re adults. I wish I had an adult who taught me things like this at that age- and I’ve heard so many people for years say that these things should be taught in school because not everyone’s parents teach financial responsibility or even have it themselves. Awesome teacher right there!

[@Tonya-hw2kc]

What a Beautiful Being!!! The world needs more people like her in it!! ❤❤❤

[@Its_Prince_AllDay]

I’m so happy I stopped to watch this. This is so BEAUTIFUL ❤ they are not just a class, it’s a family! I wish I had a teacher like this! The passion the love and the respect is amazing. when the interviewer asked the Teacher what keeps you going and the Teacher paused and said wow while her eyes filled up with tears… She realized in that special moment she found her calling 😊❤🙏🏽 and that letter from one the students at the ends it said please hang me up.. that has me cracking up 😂 so precious. This wonderful Teacher is really teaching these students life lessons they will remember forever!…. This Teacher needs a go fund me, with her creativity and dedication and passion she can reach a lot more children in need of this fundamental learning!!!!! Love what’s she’s doing!!! ❤❤❤💪🏽 May God bless the teacher and students and their families 🙏🏽

[@becky3324]

Wow, what a wonderful idea! The world needs more teachers like her 💜. I would have loved to learn about financial responsibility in primary school. (I don’t even think I had a maths lesson on this in high school) It would have made me much more prepared for life as an adult. Now please America- pay your teachers more! How sad that many teachers have to get second jobs so that they can remain in the profession they love. I know that teachers are still underpaid in Australia and I could be wrong, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard of teachers needing a 2nd job just to live.

[@Jebbie1976]

Beautiful!! ALL educators should employ this teaching method! I've always said students need to learn the basic skills of daily living. When I was in high school (in the early 90s) we were taught how to cook, how to balance a checkbook, how to budget your paycheck, how to change the oil in a car, how to change a tire, ect. I don't understand why schools stopped teaching those fundamentals.

[@RD-dv5bd]

4:15 It’s the “Hi Lattimoreeee” for me 😂 hey girl hey to you too lmao

[@carriebradley7634]

THIS is teaching! Its not just math... it's life! And now more than ever, kids need these lessons! Bravo to this teacher and kudos for the social media financial success as well! Well deserved! It also shares the ideas with other teachers around the globe!

[@coramcdonald509]

I think this is amazing and every child should learn this. It gives them a great financial foundation and also gives them an appreciation for the work their parents do for their family.

[@amberridley4222]

What an amazing genuinely kind human being ❤ celebrate our teachers for doing a job I know I can’t ever do!

[@MegaSnail1]

Thank you for all you do from one teacher to another. You are making a huge difference in these children's lives. I hope your administration appreciates you. Be well.

[@Joy6168]

This is a great way to teach kids about life! I wish my schools did this!

[@msoda8516]

I did something similar to reach my kids about money

[@phillilp88312]

What an amazing teacher. I wish I had a teacher like her growing up. I hope she continues to strive for the best. Good for her teaching those kids important life skills and lessons on her own like that. She is a keeper that is for sure.

[@TheAwesomes2104]

While at the same time that it is so important and helpful, its also a little sad that it's not necessarily true that if you budget well, you'll be able to pay your rent every month. I'm sure she has methods to help explain that not all people are like their awesome teacher that pays everyone well enough to afford all their living expenses plus the occasional treat on top.

[@dw1784]

This woman is the definition of a great teacher of life. Very inspirational. Her students will learn more from her than any Shakespeare lessons they will get shoved down their throats when they get to high school. After I started working in finance, I realized just how many people have no clue about how to be financially responsible. My parents taught me these lessons, not the school system. We go to school to get good grades so we can get a good job and make a good income. However what's the point in all that if we are still broke every month because we don't know how to manage our money? I learned very quickly that it's not about how much money you make, but what you do with the money you make that matters. Many conceivably "rich" people are flat broke while many conceivably "poor" people have savings, because they value the importance of needing money when times are tough, while others find out when it's too late.

[@DAWN001]

My son has the same class economy and he saved all his salaries, skipping Friday auctions where kids bidding for cheap stuffs donated by parents, until he saved enough and bought his own desk and chair with full cash. No more rental expenses 😂

[@trista2686]

My sons 3rd grade teacher also has them pay rent to her from the jobs around the classroom and for good scores and good behavior. Great teachers are such a blessing! 🖤

[@Catfluff521]

Teaching is not an “industry”, it’s a profession. Industries are entities that manufacture things. In PA, teachers are unionized and make very good money. I knew a elementary teacher who made 70k and that was 25 years ago when I student taught. Teachers in PA start at 50k with an awesome benefit package. Many make 100k with amazing benefits and summers off!

[@gregoryporch8395]

Teachers are only as poor as they claim to be to their students. They are definitely overworked during the school year, but teachers saying they're poor is like government contractors saying they're poor.

[@KennethGreenCMP]

This is what we need to be teaching out kids. This should be MANDATORY class

[@MaryLee-vk5pi]

I did this with my children when they were in grade school I had them pay rent by getting a job dusting taking out trash folding clothes for the neighbors I took the money they made and put it in a jar At the end of the month they paid 5.00 for rent 1.00 for water 2.00 for gas and electricity 1.00 each for groceries My eldest graduated from Compton College now she attends Texas University My second graduated from Long Beach Career College My third graduated from USC I love what this Teacher is doing to help these young minds grow to be responsible Adults

[@darylharvey2865]

I've worked in the financial services industry for almost 40 years. It literally blows my mind how many people don't know the basics of budgeting until we teach them. Kudos to this teacher for filling a REAL educational need for these kids!

[@keradee8742]

This is the kind of teachers we so desperately need. She's awesome!

[@conniegrant939]

This is ABSOLUTELY GREAT, money management SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN ALL SCHOOLS. Congratulations to you young lady. 👍🏾✔️

[@Pokedawn100]

This is what we need in America!! Excellent job!

[@d.r.mathias9648]

Most high school students graduate without learning how to write a check

[@christopherrenfroe1125]

Or balance a checkbook😊

[@gerrittlighthart]

I haven't touched a checkbook in nearly 15 years, but sure, let's pretend that's an important life skill.

[@cfltheman]

And then give them the worst type of loan if they want to go college.

[@dianasalazar4488]

Writing a check was taught in the 90s when I went to middle school. But cursive was a something we we taught also and became non existent but is coming back to schools now.

[@lamontyaboy718]

​@@gerrittlighthartI mean yeah nowadays paying online has made paying with a check unnecessary but it's still important to make a budget and actually be aware of how much money your spending and plan it out and not just spend willy nilly then look at your bank account and be dumbfounded about what happened to all your money.

[@erinobrien8793]

Mia Lattimer is an educator not just a teacher. Bravo for teaching life lessons.

[@theotheleo6830]

Those students sure are lucky to have a rare teacher like her.

[@blvdes]

Her students are gonna tell stories about this to their kids for YEARS

[@partyintheusa2951]

I love how this teacher is teaching realistic parts of life. Wish there were more teachers like her. Great job. Keep it up.

[@christianmanriquez7022]

This teacher is a hustler. Much love from Central Illinois. Teaching finances

[@Danmckenna912]

Give that Teacher a Raise! 💯 Great job.. Financial literacy is a must these Days. Keep up the great job, your Amazing....

[@bajoobiecuzican]

This is what an excellent teacher looks like ❤. Teaching valuable skills and life lessons. Remarkable human ❤

[@johnmoss6953]

We need more teachers like her with better pay !! I live in the south and my grandson is in his first year kindergarten

[@N3VLYNNN]

Yes! This is so important. I wish I had learned finances from a young age. We need to teach more real world skills. And this woman is teaching it in a fun, age-appropriate, brilliant way! I cried when her student said her favorite thing about Ms. Lattimore is that she looks like her. Such a beautiful vignette of positivity this was! Thank you. 💜

[@swedishchef9190]

This should be something that is mandatory for schools to apply in many classrooms. This woman and any teachers who feel the need to help their kids outside of the box just because they wish to make kids lives better deserve all the joy in the world. She is a saint!

[@littlemscantbewrong9241]

I am soo happy this amazing lady is doing a great job to help her students go out into the world and be successful! Great story!🤩

[@lisaarchie5072]

I wish an adult would have taught me about having a bank account and the importance of saving money as a working teenager. Instead my parents took every dime i worked for. Never saw a penny

[@diggee172]

Love this. I would adopt this if I were teaching. She should be national teacher of the year and by the way we should pay congress less and teacher more.

[@GourmetcateringFood]

Now this is America greatest story

[@vxenon67]

I found a book as a kid that basically taught all the basics: how to count money and give change (which basically state to use Addition than subtraction, round to the nearest 1, 5 or 10s. How to calculate square roots and cube roots by hand. How to do logarithms. How to read and use a slide rule. How to do percentages. I felt my brain getting smarter as i sat at home reading and working out problems.

[@FunDasMeditation]

As a child development specialist and someone who works with at risk communities, teaching them very basic financial thinking, I have a problem with this and the handling of the news piece by the reporter. 1) is she taking real money from the kids and paying them fake money? If so, what do you think that teaches the kids about adults/ people in power? 2) Is she using children’s experiences as material for “her” videos she makes six figures from and not giving back to the classes their rights? Do the families know this? Do they CONSENT to it, meaning do they understand what’s involved? If they do understand but are too afraid to “mess with the crazy school people” as a parent once told me, think what that teaches the parents and the kids about what people in power “do”. This sounds like blatantly taking advantage of the poor people who do not want any more trouble than they already got and are therefore paying $7 (is that a day, a week, a month, a semester????) that the school shouldn’t be charging them. Oh BTW, does the school know this is going on and do they consent to this woman taking the money from children as rental to use the desks and chairs they are already entitled to use through our taxpayer money? And does the school consent to her taking that money to her person?…. Why did the reporter not talk to a single parent, single child, where are the conversations with the administrators about this? To say I’m appalled by the whole thing is putting it mildly. Please redo this report in a way that reflects NBC standards of reporting quality.

[@Scrappy_ill_fold_ya_Doo]

I don't know if this will wear them out at a young age or what? They're kids. They only have little time to be irresponsible, after that it's pure stress. Let them play the part.

[@jevonnebrooks9058]

Absolutely brilliant. I wish i would have learned this in any of my classes, when i was in school. Never to early to learn life skills, they are our future. Great work Ms. Lattimore.

[@courtneygillespie2237]

OMG what I wouldn't have given to have a teacher like you back in the 70's. Keep it up & teach more teachers so they can teach more skills like this. 🎉🎉

[@DreamPlanCreate]

I’ve been in education for over 33 years. I am so happy to see the excitement and passion in her eyes and face. I wish every person in education had this. Turning the light on for them is so rewarding and it’s exciting to see what she is challenging her students with and the skills they are learning. Keep it up!!!

[@amandachan696]

This teacher is an inspiration. Teachers like her are what every teacher should aspire to become.