I’ve often thought there should have been classes on personal finance in high school.
You know, how to avoid going into debt in college. How to save for a car. How credit cards are the devil.
Good ol’ basic information to keep us all out of hot water and on the financial straight-and-narrow.
Flash forward to today.
These are trying times for personal finances.
Inflation at the grocery store. Higher utility bills. Saving for retirement. Buying a car or a house. Managing debt, credit and loans.
That’s why a series of four free personal finance sessions — the classes I’ve always thought were a great idea — are being offered at St. Cloud State University this spring.
And you’re invited. For free.
April is National Financial Literacy Month.
St. Cloud State’s Center for Economic Education and St. Cloud Financial Credit Union are sponsoring


