Ask Dr. Money
Teens’ Spending Habits
How smart are you with ____ money?
These are the results of a survey of 100 students at Green Middle ____
We first asked students “Are ____ smart with your money?”
As ____ 1 shows, 70% answered “No” while 30% answered “Yes.”
We then asked the students who answered “No” what their biggest money ____ is.
As Graph 2 shows, 60% think they don’t ____ enough allowance while 28% think they have difficulty saving money.
Lastly, 12% said they spent money on things ____ didn’t need.
Our survey shows ____ the majority of students think they are not smart with their money.
Managing money is not easy, and becoming a smart spender ____ effort.
Do you have any money worries?
Let’s talk ____ Dr. Money.
I’m Jason. I get a weekly allowance, but I never have ____
By Thursday, all of my money is ____
I ____ know how to solve this problem.
Hi, I’m Dr. Money. Let’s look at ____ spending diary.
You used up most ____ your money at the beginning of the week.
Here’s my ____ Don’t carry around all of your weekly allowance.
____ the money into days.
Then carry only the money ____ need for each day.
Q: Hello, Dr. Money. I’m Steve.
I have ____ saving money.
For example, I’ve been ____ to go to my favorite singer’s concert for the last two months.
However, I still don’t ____ enough money.
____ don’t know what to do.
Let’s see. In the last few weeks, you spent 80% of your allowance ____ only saved 20%.
I think you’ve been spending too ____
To save money, you need to have a ____ budget.
For example, you ____ follow the 50%-40%-10% rule.
Save 50%, ____ 40%, and donate the remaining 10% to charity.
By ____ the rule, you can manage your money better.
Then you can save money faster to buy the ____
Q: I’m Minji.
I like to buy ____ on sale.
If something’s on sale, I buy ____ although I don’t need it.
Last week, I bought two T-shirts ____ sale, but I already have many.
Buying things on sale is good ____ you buy things you need.
____ your case, the problem is that you buy things you don’t even need.
Here’s ____ advice.
____ you buy something, ask yourself, “Do I really need this?”
Also, before you go shopping, make ____ shopping list.
Don’t buy items ____ aren’t on the list even if they’re on sale.
Then you won’t ____ things on the spot.