Cents Ability

Wednesday was my last day teaching for this semester. The lesson was about the Stock Market and some advanced terms. I spoke about the key points of investing in a stock market and reviewed terms from the previous lesson. Some of the terms were unfamiliar to me since I did not take any Finance courses, but I hope to contribute new and insightful information to the class in the semesters to come after I take these courses. It was a great experience to teach and I look forward to next semester. It has helped me be more confident speaking in front of  a group of people, and taught me some new information about the Stock Market and what to look for when I plan on investing in the future. 

The advanced stock market material went a little above my head. I have yet to take a finance course and although I have a general idea of what the terminology is, it was quite a different thing trying to communicate those ideas to a classroom. For instance, I focused on Apple Inc. and how you would value Apple’s stock by discussing the price earning’s ratio and earnings per share. But to be honest, I think most of that stuff is really too complicated for a basic financial literacy course. I would think that the most important thing to know is why you would invest in Apple in the first place. What factors do you look into to make that decision? What is stock? Why do companies issue stock? I think these questions provide an equally important foundation. Who cares what a companies price earnings ratio is if you don’t know why you invest in stock in the first place. Anyway, I guess I have some stuff to work on for next semester and I am excited to improve in my approach to teaching.  This has been a wonderful and unique experience so far and I am glad to continue it. Till next semester!