Summer Smith (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
somethingwithturquoise) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
fandomhigh2023-01-23 05:32 am
somethingwithturquoise) wrote in fandomhigh2023-01-23 05:32 am
Entry tags:
Life Skills; Monday, First Period [01/23].
"Alright," said Summer, feelings all too comfortable leaning forward on a Danger Shop version of the check-out counter at Turtle & Canary (complete with Fake Squishy Machine and AI Apu!), "so. Continuing with our practical approach to this class in a variety of useful, but not exactly thematically cohesive, ways, today, we're going to move onto something that could be a little tricky in a place where so many people are from so many different places, but we're going to talk about money. In particular, we're going to focus a lot on budgeting. Sounds super fun, right?
"Now, obviously," she continued, "we're all from different places, so there's a good chance you have a different form of currency or maybe you don't even have a monetary system, but some sort of barter and trade deal instead. But since you're here now, we're going to focus on American currency and capitalism for the purposes of this particular lesson."
Which meant it was time for a quick overview of the US currency, which included a nice laminated handout of some conversion rates that surely wouldn't make anyone's eyes gloss over from trying to decipher it. She explained a little bit that, if you haven't already, the bank in Fandom was actually great at converting all sorts of interdimensional currency into currency to be used here, and, obviously, the sheet was only covering some other countries on this planet only.
"So now we're going to move onto a little thing called budgeting, which is basically just managing your money so you don't run out of it. Some people have an astonishingly difficult time doing this. Other people are far too good at it and end up not spending their money on anything. Most people are probably going to be somewhere in between. We're going to talk a little bit about different ways to budget, as well as tips to make it a little easier, and then we're going to practice, and then I'm going to give you some homework."
Hey, they were the ones who mostly voted for all this practical real life life skills stuff! Don't get mad at her for sticking to it!
"But, today, we're practicing with grocery shopping; you're going to get a random amount of money, and you get to spend the class trying to figure out the best way to spend it here in this fake T&C, and still have enough left over for, like, rent and other expenses. And then, for the homework, I have a worksheet for you to work on through a weekly budget that includes things like making time for leisure and eating out and things like that. Don't stress about it too much if there's a writing or language barrier there, we'll try to figure something out. The main goal is just to help you be smarter about money. Which, I mean, I'm definitely not the best person to be teaching that, but at least I know my spending habits are dumb.
"And with that? Let's get started."
"Now, obviously," she continued, "we're all from different places, so there's a good chance you have a different form of currency or maybe you don't even have a monetary system, but some sort of barter and trade deal instead. But since you're here now, we're going to focus on American currency and capitalism for the purposes of this particular lesson."
Which meant it was time for a quick overview of the US currency, which included a nice laminated handout of some conversion rates that surely wouldn't make anyone's eyes gloss over from trying to decipher it. She explained a little bit that, if you haven't already, the bank in Fandom was actually great at converting all sorts of interdimensional currency into currency to be used here, and, obviously, the sheet was only covering some other countries on this planet only.
"So now we're going to move onto a little thing called budgeting, which is basically just managing your money so you don't run out of it. Some people have an astonishingly difficult time doing this. Other people are far too good at it and end up not spending their money on anything. Most people are probably going to be somewhere in between. We're going to talk a little bit about different ways to budget, as well as tips to make it a little easier, and then we're going to practice, and then I'm going to give you some homework."
Hey, they were the ones who mostly voted for all this practical real life life skills stuff! Don't get mad at her for sticking to it!
"But, today, we're practicing with grocery shopping; you're going to get a random amount of money, and you get to spend the class trying to figure out the best way to spend it here in this fake T&C, and still have enough left over for, like, rent and other expenses. And then, for the homework, I have a worksheet for you to work on through a weekly budget that includes things like making time for leisure and eating out and things like that. Don't stress about it too much if there's a writing or language barrier there, we'll try to figure something out. The main goal is just to help you be smarter about money. Which, I mean, I'm definitely not the best person to be teaching that, but at least I know my spending habits are dumb.
"And with that? Let's get started."
Re: Listen to the Lecture - Life Skills, 01/23.
So this was all extremely academic to Gray, and instead of paying attention to the lecture he was subtly looking for a place to nap where he wouldn't, say, knock over a display.