Wealthy Habitat

I just got my first job

Your first paycheck

Six short lessons for someone with a first paycheck. Nobody taught you this, and nobody needs to have; each lesson takes about five minutes and uses your own numbers.

  1. Lesson 1
    What the numbers on your pay stub mean

    Your pay stub has two big numbers: what you earned, and what you got.

  2. Lesson 2
    The first hundred dollars you never see

    The easiest money to save is money you never see.

  3. Lesson 3
    The account that grows

    A savings account keeps money safe.

  4. Lesson 4
    The first credit card, without the trap

    A credit card is a loan you pay back every month.

  5. Lesson 5
    One month of breathing room

    The first goal is not a fortune.

  6. Lesson 6
    When someone has a sure thing

    At some point someone you know will have a coin, a stock, or a scheme that cannot lose.

Each lesson asks for one number, one piece of arithmetic, and one real mission, and keeps your answers on My steps.

The unit. Five quick questions before the six steps, My goal as the game played a month at a time between them, and the same five questions after. Teachers can bring a class; students with a sheet from their teacher join here.