What makes you think a financial literacy class would succeed where math class and English class have failed?

Financial literacy is nothing more than reading comprehension and some grade 8 arithmetic.

Mind you, that would require financially literate teachers. I never had one, in all the years I was in school

But then you get a bunch of people who complain that high schools shouldn't be teaching that stuff. Of course, I feel that those who espouse that viewpoint are doing so because they benefit from having a large group of people lacking these skills.

My co-worker referred to financial literacy training as "basket weaving" and a "waste of public funds". So, yah.