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Home Economics; Friday, Second Period [01/21].
Thinking too much about yesterday had Ignis' head hurting quite a bit, so he was looking forward to today's lesson especially. Granted, he was already eager to get to it, far more eager than anyone should be regarding this topic, but a focus on order and tangible principles felt particularly welcome after yesterday's oddities and chaos.
"Good morning," Ignis greeted the class with a nod, "and welcome back. I hope you've all had a chance to explore last week's topic with a trip to Turtle & Canary to see about pursuing a grocery list, and I'd like to start today's class with a small discussion on how your ventures into shopping went, and what you may have learned or struggled with. Do I have any voluneers to begin?"
And after the last student who wished to share had gone, Ignis nodded again. "Excellent," he said. "Now, let us move on to our topic for today, which ties in very closely with last week's topic, and that is budgeting as a whole. Now, some of you may be thinking we're approaching this a bit backwards, that covering budgeting might have been more useful to you in the creation of your grocery lists, but I also thought that approaching it from this direction would give a unique perspective on where errors were made and where to fix them. After all, they say mistakes are often the best teacher, but don't let that out too much, or we may all be out of a job."
He took a moment to look terribly pleased at that joke before continuing. "So what is budgeting, anyway? Well, simply put, to make a budget is to manage your money and make a plan for how to best spend, save, and invest it to make the most out of it. For the purposes of ease and convenience, we will be mostly using standard American currency in our classes, but I do have a very helpful chart and conversion tables if anyone is interested or would like to work in a more familiar currency other than the one we use here on the island, by gracious courtesy of the Fandom Bank. So, with that said, let us begin..."
At which point he had reached the board, and the lecture began in earnest, with a great many figures and examples going up on the board as he detailed how one might approach budgeting from various different perspectives and style, as well as breaking down different methods of organizing, from good old pen and paper, the use of spreadsheets, and even the availability of apps that make budgeting a breeze for the more technologically savvy of home managers.
And, with that, he turned back to the students with a nod, gesturing slightly with his opened hands. "Let's take a moment," he said, "to put out any questions regarding budgeting you may have, and, once those are answered, hopefully, you will be ready to give it a try with these various worksheets for practice."
"Good morning," Ignis greeted the class with a nod, "and welcome back. I hope you've all had a chance to explore last week's topic with a trip to Turtle & Canary to see about pursuing a grocery list, and I'd like to start today's class with a small discussion on how your ventures into shopping went, and what you may have learned or struggled with. Do I have any voluneers to begin?"
And after the last student who wished to share had gone, Ignis nodded again. "Excellent," he said. "Now, let us move on to our topic for today, which ties in very closely with last week's topic, and that is budgeting as a whole. Now, some of you may be thinking we're approaching this a bit backwards, that covering budgeting might have been more useful to you in the creation of your grocery lists, but I also thought that approaching it from this direction would give a unique perspective on where errors were made and where to fix them. After all, they say mistakes are often the best teacher, but don't let that out too much, or we may all be out of a job."
He took a moment to look terribly pleased at that joke before continuing. "So what is budgeting, anyway? Well, simply put, to make a budget is to manage your money and make a plan for how to best spend, save, and invest it to make the most out of it. For the purposes of ease and convenience, we will be mostly using standard American currency in our classes, but I do have a very helpful chart and conversion tables if anyone is interested or would like to work in a more familiar currency other than the one we use here on the island, by gracious courtesy of the Fandom Bank. So, with that said, let us begin..."
At which point he had reached the board, and the lecture began in earnest, with a great many figures and examples going up on the board as he detailed how one might approach budgeting from various different perspectives and style, as well as breaking down different methods of organizing, from good old pen and paper, the use of spreadsheets, and even the availability of apps that make budgeting a breeze for the more technologically savvy of home managers.
And, with that, he turned back to the students with a nod, gesturing slightly with his opened hands. "Let's take a moment," he said, "to put out any questions regarding budgeting you may have, and, once those are answered, hopefully, you will be ready to give it a try with these various worksheets for practice."