FCS 3400
Financial History Assignment
Your assignment is to take an introspective look at your own financial management
background. The goal is to trace your financial heritage and roots. Where did you learn
your present attitudes, habits, and other behaviors pertaining to money management? Who
were the important people in your life that you learned from on these important issues?
Did you learn through coursework, through observation of your mother or father perhaps, or
did you have some direct supervised experiences under the influence of one of your parents,
grandparents, or other teachers? Did you receive an allowance when you were young? Did you
open up a savings account as a young person? Have you had minimal, adequate, or ample
financial means in your life? Was the family philosophy pertaining to money one of a
conservative, a moderate, or a liberal nature? Did you ever go through some economic
hardships and related deprivations? How did the family respond to these financial stresses
or crises in your life? Do a thorough job of describing yourself as a money manager.
You
should also describe your present capability or what you anticipate as your future
potential as an income producer. Do this whether you plan to work for wages in a vocation,
earn a salary through a profession, engage in some private business on a self-employed
basis, or stay at home, working only if necessary. Since this paper will be an important summary pertaining to your own development,
do it carefully and thoroughly.
This paper must be:
- a minimum of 1000 words (most word processor programs will do a word count)
This is about two pages!
- typed
- double-spaced
- spell checked
- stapled