http://www.debtsettlementstrategies.com/extra-credit-the-7-things-every-college-student-needs-to-know-about-credit-debt-cah-67.html Free Debt Settlement Strategies Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:02:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.debtsettlementstrategies.com/extra-credit-the-7-things-every-college-student-needs-to-know-about-credit-debt-cah-67.html/comment-page-1#comment-6370 Sarah Howard Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:47:29 +0000 http://www.debtsettlementstrategies.com/extra-credit-the-7-things-every-college-student-needs-to-know-about-credit-debt-cah-67.html#comment-6370 A great primer for students on credit, debt, and cash. Mr. Pratt is cautionary without being condescending. While the target audience for this book is college freshmen, it would also be absolutely relevant for high school students in a life-skills course or similar. There are clearly many more details that Mr. Pratt could have gone into, but this gives a crash course in many of the basics of credit cards; the book would be a great conversation starter about these money issues in a first-year seminar course. I finished the book in about 45 minutes (interrupted, on the bus), so it would be a quick read for even the busiest high school or college student. The review questions at the end of each chapter could be used as a pre-test if the book was used over a period of time within a course, but also could be used as basic writing prompts. While my parents did a great job with my financial education, this would have been a beneficial resource during my first year in college. If I were teaching an introduction to university life course, I would definitely consider requiring my students to read this book. Rating: 3 / 5 A great primer for students on credit, debt, and cash. Mr. Pratt is cautionary without being condescending. While the target audience for this book is college freshmen, it would also be absolutely relevant for high school students in a life-skills course or similar. There are clearly many more details that Mr. Pratt could have gone into, but this gives a crash course in many of the basics of credit cards; the book would be a great conversation starter about these money issues in a first-year seminar course. I finished the book in about 45 minutes (interrupted, on the bus), so it would be a quick read for even the busiest high school or college student. The review questions at the end of each chapter could be used as a pre-test if the book was used over a period of time within a course, but also could be used as basic writing prompts. While my parents did a great job with my financial education, this would have been a beneficial resource during my first year in college. If I were teaching an introduction to university life course, I would definitely consider requiring my students to read this book.
Rating: 3 / 5

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