Welcome to the REAL world

Students in STEM and Family & Consumer Sciences at the School of Career & Technical Education experienced the "real world" on Wednesday, January 20. Students were given a real world scenario that included a job, salary, and family status and then created a budget to may basic living experiences such as child care, automobiles, groceries, and taxes. The "Welcome to the Real World" experience was sponsored by the Mississippi State University Extension Service.


A group of students wait to pay their child care expenses.



Judith Ward, Nutrition & Food Safety Agent and Gina Willis, 4-H Agent look over Kristen Cochran's final budget. Cochran is a freshman at New Albany High School.



Emanuel Jones, a 11th grade student, discusses purchasing a car that is practical to his budget with Bubba Cobb, Sales Manager at Community Ford.