Yesterday I had the oppurtunity to be a volunteer at a place called Junior Achievement City. It is located at Discovery Gateway and Kierra's grade went on a field trip there. Basically, they have built a little town on the top floor of Discovery Gateway. They have banks, newspaper and tv stations, restaurants, retail and wholesale stores and government offices. All of the students have been learning about these establishments in class for the last 4 weeks. They have also been learning about opening and maintaining a checking account.
So the kids had to apply for their jobs and every establishment had about 4-8 employees. They had to go to the bank and get a loan for their business, make profits throughout the day, keep track of expenses and get their loan paid off by the end of the day. They got breaks to eat lunch at the little restaurant and got to go to the retail stores to spend the money they earned with their paychecks. They actually got to buy things like umbrellas, flashlights, candy, little toys etc...
Kierra's job was being the CEO of JA TV, the local tv studio. She told me her job was easy. All she had to do was enter checks and print checks and sign everything. That was cute. I worked at Merit Medical. It was so interesting to see the kids get frustrated when things weren't going as they should. They all realized how hard it can be to have a job. Of coarse, everyone's favorite thing to do was write checks and buy things.
I think this is a wonderful place for kids to go and learn a little bit about the real world. It was the fastest 5 hours I've ever spent. It was so crazy to have to get so much done in too little time. It made me glad that I'm not in the work force anymore but grateful that our kids are learning what it's like, especially how to manage their money!
Yesterday I had the oppurtunity to be a volunteer at a place called Junior Achievement City. It is located at Discovery Gateway and Kierra's grade went on a field trip there. Basically, they have built a little town on the top floor of Discovery Gateway. They have banks, newspaper and tv stations, restaurants, retail and wholesale stores and government offices. All of the students have been learning about these establishments in class for the last 4 weeks. They have also been learning about opening and maintaining a checking account.
So the kids had to apply for their jobs and every establishment had about 4-8 employees. They had to go to the bank and get a loan for their business, make profits throughout the day, keep track of expenses and get their loan paid off by the end of the day. They got breaks to eat lunch at the little restaurant and got to go to the retail stores to spend the money they earned with their paychecks. They actually got to buy things like umbrellas, flashlights, candy, little toys etc...
Kierra's job was being the CEO of JA TV, the local tv studio. She told me her job was easy. All she had to do was enter checks and print checks and sign everything. That was cute. I worked at Merit Medical. It was so interesting to see the kids get frustrated when things weren't going as they should. They all realized how hard it can be to have a job. Of coarse, everyone's favorite thing to do was write checks and buy things. 
I think this is a wonderful place for kids to go and learn a little bit about the real world. It was the fastest 5 hours I've ever spent. It was so crazy to have to get so much done in too little time. It made me glad that I'm not in the work force anymore but grateful that our kids are learning what it's like, especially how to manage their money!
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