It's been a bit of a long week getting back into the swing of things so for class this morning, Kentrell and I went to Starbucks. After some thorough caffienation, we reviewed the financial goals he created as homework (things like getting a bank account and saving for his own apartment) and talked about balancing a checkbook.

I may be one of the worst offenders when it comes to managing a checkbook (it has been a while at least in the traditional sense) but I was taught well. I thought it was my dad who taught me how to record and balance, but after talking to my mom I'm not so sure anymore who it was. Even so, it was fun to be able to teach him about it in the same way I was taught.

It has also been fun teaching him practical, real life things and not just a bunch of theories and vocabulary. We talk about everyday stuff like why you should save money from each check, how you find out the necessary info before opening a bank account, how to interview, how to write a resume, etc. It's some of these things I wished I'd learned more about it school. While I'm sure all those geometry proofs were somehow important, it's the basics that sometimes get overlooked.