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In an old, retrofitted house in historic downtown
Wilmington, Erin McNally, the executive director of Junior
Achievement of the Cape Fear Region, sits at a long table
in the organization’s conference room. Spread in front of
her are large pictures of everyday wants and needs: clothing,
cars, food, entertainment and housing. A price tag is associated with
each pictured item.
The images, she explains, are hung on the walls of middle school
classrooms where students reach into a hat and pull out a future
career. For the sake of the exercise, the students are stuck with the
salary their career provides and forced to make financial decisions
accordingly.
The students attempt to manage their budgets as they learn about
the compromises that necessitate their purchases. For instance,
Junior Achievement gives area kids
the building blocks to achieve
future fiscal responsibilty
by Tyler Roberts
photography by Allison Potter
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