In an article recently released by news station, WGNO, Edward Douglas White Catholic High School in Thibodeaux, LA is now adding a life skills class to their curriculum for seniors for an entire semester. As stated in the article, “These students are learning all about budgeting, writing checks, and overall how to be responsible with their future finances. “With like banking and taxes and stuff, there is a lot of extra stuff I have never considered,” says Philip Caldwell, a senior at E.D. White Catholic High School. The trend, is that these millennial are ready to strip that negative title, and basically kick some butt in life. They’re even learning how to jump start a car and how to change a flat tire.”

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