- Hi, everyone. Sal Khan here, from Khan Academy.
And I just wanted to introduce you and welcome you
to our financial literacy course.
Why financial literacy? Well, money is everywhere.
And if you don't understand money,
it can easily take control of your life.
But if you know what its uses are,
what the pros and what the cons are,
then it becomes a powerful tool for you,
a control over resources.
So as you'll see in this financial literacy course,
you're going to learn everything
from understanding your paycheck, to taxes and savings,
and many, many, many very other important things.
And if it isn't obvious to you
that this is important to your life, I will tell you
that there's a lot of folks, some with big salaries,
who end up not having any savings
and having to struggle for money.
And there's other folks who have maybe more modest means,
but are financially literate,
and are able to save, who are able to budget,
who are able to think about things
that might happen in their life and plan accordingly.
And those people are usually just fine.
Now, another aspect of financial literacy,
a lot of people say,
"Well, of course, I would love to save money,
but that seems so daunting to try to save a large amount,
so that I could buy a car,
or put a down payment on a house, or whatever else."
And what you'll see in this course,
and as you go through this course,
it isn't just about information,
it's about thinking about the world in a different way.
Creating habits,
realizing that if you create the right habits,
what might seem like a small thing,
spending a few dollars less per day
can add up over time in very, very, very big ways.
Now, the other thing about this course,
it isn't just videos and articles,
it's also practice, mastery-based practice,
which means you have as many chances as you need
and as many items as you need
to really make sure that you are fluent in the topic.
And that's really important, because between the videos
where you'll get a little bit of background,
and the articles, where you'll also get background,
and the exercises, if you go through this,
I can guarantee you that you're gonna be able
to look at the world in a different and very powerful way,
and also help many folks around you.