Justin's class went on a field trip recently that was to a place called Junior Achievement Biztown where the kids learn to run a business, including taking out a business loan that must be paid back by the end of the day. They learn to write checks, deposit paychecks (after taxes) into their bank accounts and write checks to pay for business expenses. There was a mayor and City Hall, the kids all got lunch breaks, just a lot of regular real world experience. It was pretty neat! Here are a few pictures of the set-up that this place has for this. All the phones between the businesses work, the computers work and are interlinked with the bank computers, it is quite the elaborate field trip. Best trip by far I have ever been on with the kids. The one thing the kids said that they remembered the most...lunch breaks are never long enough to get everything done that you need to! Amen!
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