3rd-grade teacher goes viral for teaching kids financial literacy

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(THE BLAZE) – A third-grade teacher in North Carolina has garnered international attention for charging her students rental fees for their desks and chairs, while making the kids pay fines for bad behavior.

The classroom economy under teacher Shelby Lattimore is receiving praise for teaching kids financial literacy and by providing students with ways to earn a theoretical income for working classroom jobs.

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Students can earn "Miss Lattimore Bucks" for different responsibilities around the school. What started as a "motivator to get them to come to class and just build attendance" turned into children taking jobs such as line leader, door holder, and teacher's assistant.

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