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Melanie Cheek

Jul 9, 2026

2:34
Mm-hmm.
2:34
Uh, you're, you're go- you go to the bigger center for a job.
2:37
And so I very quickly got into credit card debt, uh, because I didn't, I didn't understand the interest and, and how quickly that compound interest, how quickly it accumulates.
2:46
So I got myself into a lot of trouble in the first five years.
2:50
And then I didn't get any training.
2:53
There's nothing in the schools and, and us financial advisors talk about that a lot.
2:58
I was talking to two teachers the other day who mentioned the same thing, where s- the schools are still not addressing the, the financial education.

57 MINS LATER

60:36
Mm-hmm

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