We've carried the Dave Ramsey show here on WOSH for more than three years now--and for the first time Financial Peace University is coming to Oshkosh. My thanks to Community Church for bringing the program to the area--and making it open to people outside of their church.
For those not familiar, FPU is a 13-week course--held one night a week--to teach you the Dave Ramsey approach to a Total Money Makeover. Getting out of debt, learning how to save money for emergencies, how to shop with cash, how to save for retirement and how to get the rest of your financial house in order are all covered in the program. This is not a get-rich-quick scheme. Instead, it's about a long-range plan to achieve financial security not only for you--but for your kids and their kids as well.
The cost is just over $100--which covers the program materials--books, dvd's, cd's and worksheets that you get to keep. Community Church will not make any money on FPU. I will be one of the volunteer group facilitators--sharing our personal stories of getting out debt and changing our financial course--and also leading some group activities. Believe me, if my wife and I can find success in this program so will you.
So I hope that you will consider enrolling in the Financial Peace University course when it comes to Oshkosh early next year. Go to our website http://www.1490wosh.com/ to register--and encourage your family and friends to attend as well. The more people we can get into the program and in control of their money the less we will need to depend on Big Brother to provide our mortgage payments, health care, and retirement benefits. Think of it as change that won't bankrupt us.
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I would love to attend. It sounds very interesting and practical. However, I've spent the last 15 years as a single parent helping my 3 kids through college and I don't know if there's any way to fix the process for myself outside of what I'm doing now. If I do attend, maybe it would just be for the purpose of being uplifted and knowing I wasn't alone! This course should be taught at EVERY high school, to help the young people just about to go out into the world get a good start.
ReplyDeleteIt is extremely interesting for me to read this article. Thanks for it. I like such themes and everything that is connected to them. I would like to read a bit more on that blog soon.
ReplyDeleteI agree that children should be taught this in high school as a REQUIREMENT and that they can't graduate until they pass it. Not only should they learn something like this, but they should also know their multiplication and division tables before graduating, along with learning to spell properly.
ReplyDeleteAs for paying the $100 just for uplift and not actual benefit, that is $100 wasted and a source of some people's problems, that being not knowing when NOT to spend.
Learning from the "Total Money Makeover" helped me immensely. I hope Jonathan's efforts can help people to highlight the pitfalls of their spending, and help them to stop pay so much "Stupid Tax" Go Jonathan!
ReplyDeleteI believe stuff like this I taught in the schools, as early as middlschool, in Family and Consumer Ed (what they use to call home ec). But that's one of those "non-essential" areas threatened with cuts by the cheapskate taxpayers of this sleepy burg, so who knows?
ReplyDeleteIf the schools are going to cut something, it should be more NON-ESSENTIAL things like SPORTS.
ReplyDeleteBefore relocating to WI my husband and I attended FPU classes at our church. They are invaluable! DEBT FREE is a great place to be. We've shared Dave's philosophy with many family and friends. While I do agree that this should be taught in high schools (and there is a curriculum for that) the advice has no age limit. My 50 something parents took the classes as did my newlywed brother and sister-in-law. Once you complete the classes you can come back for a refresher course for free anytime. I might just have to pop in and visit this first Oshkosh class just for fun.
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