Comments on: Children and Money

By: jagoinvestor

jagoinvestor — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:26:53 +0000

I am late here .. but i am sure people are taking subra’s comment in wrong way .. he only meant to pin point a point that todays generation needs to learn about money in a better way ..thats all

manish

By: Dr Mohammed Ali Khan

Dr Mohammed Ali Khan — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:35:25 +0000

Hi Subra
I accept your argument..
I apologize to the Non- chennai people

By: subra

subra — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:10:00 +0000

I guess you mean I should have gone to Chennai. No i do not agree at all with you. Indians, the more enterprising migrate with their families. So you find all kinds of people all over the country. The worst behaved crowd in my group was perhaps from Chennai during a bank training program. Bad habits are quickly copied into serials which are telecast all over d country for everybody to learn and do!

By: Dr Mohammed Ali Khan

Dr Mohammed Ali Khan — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:13:09 +0000

You should have to Chennai Subra.. You would
have found a much more well behaved and conservative crowd.

By: Vikram T

Vikram T — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:26:21 +0000

If children start behaving like adults, life would be boring. What actually amuses me is that in a country where voting can happen at 18, smoking can happen at 7, the legal age for public drinking is 21. Some places it is 25 years! If these children were drinking, obviously they were 21, not 17-18 as you have said. Or the rule is there for being broken. Just a thought!

By: Ha!

Ha! — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:35:10 +0000

Subra,
Sounds very true, y arent u reveiling this org? And more over, students of that age will be like that, its a part of the learning experience that goes thro at everyone’s time of life. And they will… trust me, will learn alot from these mistakes. Mistakes are bound to be committed, and this seems more or less due to the thrill. And u really cant expect such young students to be going into such level of details during a thrill meet, 450 students….sounds big! feels exciting thinking bout it. U really cant expect topics like these interesting these guys. I mean retirement planning before evening doing ur under grad! sounds funny…. topics cld have been alot more basic rather than such vague ones!
Plus, the organisers shld also be put to blame for accepting on such seminars or wteva! with such depth! smoking n etc…is a part of life, its more of a matter of choice rather.
And…..there are many famous ppl up now, whom were like this during their younger times. examples r of plenty….u ll kno betta mr. Subra.
And next time…hope u hav a betta info on such seminars, for saving ur time ofcourse!

By: Aditi Acharya

Aditi Acharya — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:55:50 +0000

Ouch! You seem to have had a contentious session. While I am willing to agree that kids these days have a flexible view of money and all that it entails, it is also true that money means differently to this generation. Having said that, kids who spend Rs. 200 a day on cigarettes soon cut that down if they can’t balance their books when they take up their first job. Fiscal prudence comes on its own when kids come slap up against reality.

On another note, skolling or not, coming late is just not done! Even you are an i-banker earning pots of money and living the high life, you had better be on that trading floor before the markets open, or you’re dead!

By: Babar Zaidi

Babar Zaidi — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:29:49 +0000

It is indeed disturbing that the youths behaved so irresponsibly. But it is also heartening to note that there was a section among them who were serious about learning the basics of money management. This small minority will become the leaders while the rest can be the herd.

By: Shwets

Shwets — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:20:42 +0000

Hi!

Wow! Well dunno if you still consider a 25 yr old girl young enough…but I’d try to find a middle way out! Scullying parties are so much fun!! and spending 200 rs in a day on smokes..or coffee or movies..is again based on the resources u have (parents money or ur own!)… but yeah!! starting a session late bacause people were dead drunk last nite!! is not acceptable!

Why do I feel somewhere, in the entire discussion..people only targetted his comments on smoking!!!

By: Piyush Suri

Piyush Suri — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:57:42 +0000

Subra,

Most of you what you say does make sense, but I find your writing/preaching tone quite pointlessly bias.

I understand you’re trying to teach these kids about money, like any good parent (I mean good parent in today’s age) it all boils down to communication having a handicap of a generation gap, while you were pouring in that years of knowledge I find it ridiculous that you were judging people and fitting them into streotypes, common mistakes that most insensitive teachers/preachers/parents make.

Try to give people a break and be less cynical (yeah you can do that even if you’re from finance background ).

Your sessions was nice, I saw the tools and the impact it made, I say a thumbs up!