My twelve-year-old son had a class field trip to a place called Biz Town. At Biz Town, the kids are given grown-up jobs. They spend seven hours that day working their grown-up jobs. My boy's job was as CFO (chief financial officer) of Delta Airlines. I don't know how the boy got selected for that one, but he was the man.
He had one of the largest offices in the place, and a steady stream of "employees" consulting him about budgeting and payment issues. The boy was kept busy the entire day. While he enjoyed one of the highest salaries, he was not thrilled with the small amount of free time he had. "Everyone else got to check things out, while I had to sit behind the desk and deal with piles of papers!"
"So, how did you do?" I asked.
"We didn't go bankrupt," he said.
"That's good," I said.
"But we only ended up with $200 for operating costs for the next day."
Hmmm. Well, at least it's nice to know that Delta Airlines has lived to fly another day.
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Delta Airlines only wishes it had an operating budget like that! Tell the boy, welcome to the real world.
ReplyDeleteHe should enjoy being a kid as long as he can!
DeleteSounds like great experience for the students. Just wondering what job Bubba wished he'd been given.
ReplyDeleteHe wanted to work for Chick Filet.
DeleteI think more schools should do this exercise with their students. They'll see its not all that easy. Yay to not going bankrupt ♡ xox
ReplyDeleteIt's a good learning experience.
DeleteHe's probably doing better than some real life finance officers!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you're right.
Deleteno bankrupt is always good news
ReplyDeleteTrue!
DeleteAvoiding bankruptcy is good. Always working is a wake up call indeed.
ReplyDeleteIt's not like being a kid.
DeleteSounds like he learned something that day.
ReplyDeleteYes, he did.
DeleteWhat a wonderful experience for your son and what an achievement.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.
It was a good experience.
DeleteHe's certainly had first hand experience of the corporate world. That is wonderful. Maybe he'll be a farmer instead now that he knows what that's like. Thanks for the lovely giveaway.
ReplyDeleteFarmer Bubba. He'd probably enjoy operating a tractor.
DeleteBubba the executive. Think of all these experiences he's already had. Go Bubba!
ReplyDeleteI hope it helps him in real life.
DeleteHe could have ended the day in the red. Congratulations, Bubba!
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
He did well!
DeleteWay to go, Bubba! I love that idea of kids working real jobs for a day. I think most have a poor vision of what adults actually do at work all week!
ReplyDeleteThis gave them a good idea of what goes on.
DeleteHi Sherry,
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Thank you! I hope you enjoy it.
DeleteOh my. Whew! That's definitely a way to bring reality home to these young kids, eh?
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of things like this, I would have loved to do something like that when I was at school. Wow that's such a life lesson!
ReplyDeleteRaindrops of Sapphire
It was a memorable experience.
DeleteNow that is an interesting experience. I'm trying to imagine what they did to simulate the job.
ReplyDeleteThey gave him a big office. That much I know.
DeleteFunny:) Closest I had to that was a day of astronaut camp, but at least mission control didn't crash and burn;)
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that was a good thing.
DeletePhew! Good thing Bubba kept the airline going. 👍
ReplyDeleteHe did good.
DeleteUh oh, he's gonna have to sell a ton of $6 bags of peanuts to recoup those operating costs!
ReplyDeleteHe'd better get busy!
DeleteWell, they didn't go bankrupt, so that's always a good news, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteYes, indeed.
DeleteWhat an amazing field trip. Wish I'd got to be a CFO at twelve.
ReplyDeleteIf he had the real income of a CFO, that would have been even better.
DeleteMust have been a fun day and time for him!
ReplyDeleteIt was!
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