Students Get To Invest Real Money

In the article, High School Gives 16 Year Olds 100,000 To Invest, by Hibah Yousif, it talks about how Greenhill School, a private school in Dallas is giving their business club students $100,000 to be able to invest in the stock market.  Many schools around the country have similar programs but they obviously do not use real money.  This program is hoping that instead of having students use imaginary money, by using real money they will truly learn lessons in how to manage and invest money.  This is a very expensive and controversial program that you almost never see at the high school level.  Sometimes at the college level, their clubs use real money to invest.  Personally, I find his very interesting.  Although I do think that it is great that students get to really have an opportunity to see how the stock market works and get a real life experience with it, I think that this money could be used in much better ways.  This is a lot of money that if they students do not make good decisions with, might be gone.