People are applauding teacher who charges 3rd-graders 'rent' for their desks and chairs

January 31, 2024 | [Read Online]( [fb]( [tw]( [in]( [email](mailto:?subject=Post%20from%20the%20Upworthiest&body=New%20Post%3A%20%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter.upworthy.com%2Fp%2Fnew-post-0486) [People are applauding teacher who charges 3rd-graders 'rent' for their desks and chairs]( They have jobs and paydays, too. A [recent poll]( found that 88% [of Americans]( wish they had been taught financial literacy in school. The same number said their state should require either a semester or year-long personal finance course for graduation. A teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina, has taken that problem to heart and is giving her 3rd-grade class rigorous, hands-on lessons on the importance of personal finance. Shelby Lattimore, a math and science teacher at [Renaissance West]( STEAM Academy, gives her students jobs in the classroom and they pay differently depending on how hard the students work. “We have a teacher assistant, line leader, door holder, recess basket, lunch basket. We have a cleanup crew,” Lattimore said. [Read the story]( [Elmo did a well-being check-in with everyone and unintentionally opened the floodgates]( The response was massive, and Sesame Street's follow-up was perfection. Few things evoke a visceral comfort response in people of all ages like the colorful characters of [Sesame Street](. Millions of us grew up with Elmo, Big Bird, Bert & Ernie, Grover, Oscar the Grouch and the rest, and have [nothing but warm, positive memories associated with them.]( So when [Elmo asked all the grownups on X]( to how they were doing, it triggered a deluge that spoke to people's need to share their mental and emotional struggles as well as the safe place Sesame Street has been for generations. It all began with a simple question: "Elmo is just checking in! How is everybody doing?" [Read the story]( What's your favorite source of caffeine? [Coffee, can't improve on the original!]( [Tea time is my time]( [Energy drinks, I've got wings!]( [Natural alternatives like Yerba Mate]( [Jodie Foster names two movies 'everybody should see' and one of them may surprise you]( Who knew the award-winning actress was a "Team America" fan? With a lengthy list of credits in critically acclaimed [films]( like “Taxi Driver” and “Silence of the Lambs,” not to mention being a highly successful director for decades, you can probably trust any movie recommendations Jodie Foster gives you. Recently Foster was asked in [Interview magazine]( to pick one movie she thought everyone should see at least once in their lifetime. Pulling a pretty badass move, the legendary filmmaker gave not one, but two movies. And one of her recommendations might come as a surprise. [Read the story]( [The 'weirdest family role' is disappearing in the U.S. Here's the change no one mentions.]( Family trees are rapidly changing. The dropping [birthrate]( has many worried that it will upend government programs because there won’t be enough young people to work and pay taxes to support older people on Social Security and Medicare. Faith Hill from [The Atlantic]( recently illustrated another problem with the declining birthrate in the U.S. and Europe that no one talks about: the decline of cousins. “If everyone hypothetically went from having five kids to having four kids, that would mean one less sibling for each child,” [Hill wrote,]( quoting demographer Sha Jiang. “But it would yield a much bigger decrease in first cousins: Instead of a child having four aunts or uncles who each have five kids—20 cousins—they would have three aunts or uncles who each have four kids, for a total of 12.” [Read the story]( [fb]( [tw]( [ig]( [yt]( [tk]( [in]( Update your email preferences or unsubscribe [here]( © 2024 GOOD | Upworthy. All rights reserved 1370 N St Andrews Pl Los Angeles, CA 90028, United States of America [[beehiiv logo]Powered by beehiiv](