Money! Money! Money!

Attitudes about money differ from culture to culture, family to family

and person to person. Choose 1 of the 6 questions and interview 3
students your class. Report the details to the class. Alternative:
interview 3 people outside the class and report back to the class.

1. Would you feel comfortable borrowing money from your

relatives? In what situation? How much? How long?

2. Ask a man: How would you feel if your wife earned more money
than you?

Ask a woman: How would you feel if you earned more than your
husband?

3. If you borrowed a small amount of money (less than 5 dollars)

from a classmate how soon would you return it?

4. When you want to buy an expensive item like a car, do you pay
the list price or do you bargain for a lower price?

5. If you buy an expensive item do you pay for the whole thing at
one time or do you make payments? (Pay some each week or
month).

6. Do you think children should receive money (an allowance) from

their parents to spend as they like? At what age should they
receive it? How much should the receive?