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Halloween is the perfect time to teach kids econ I believe parents should take advantage of “teachable moments” whenever they come along. And when it comes to teaching kids about economics, there’s no better time than Halloween. I realize many will be reading this the day after, when the ankle-biters have already descended on the neighborhood like sugarcrazed locusts, scooping up every last “Fun-Sized” Snickers bar and bag of M&M’s within a five-mile radius. That’s OK. Assuming your little tax exemptions didn’t stay up all night devouring the entire bag — which I’ll admit is a possibility — you should
Rob Jenkins still have plenty of props for your economic object lesson. Please note, these lessons work better with large groups, like Sunday School classes and ball teams. You could accomplish the same thing by banding together with other parents in your neighborhood or social
group. But if all you have are your own kids, my suggestions will still work. You will need, whether working with a large or small group, a roughly equal-size bunch of kids who did not go trick-ortreating, either because they were too lazy or because they were distraught over Georgia’s latest loss to the hated Gators. (I’m writing this on Wednesday, so we’ll see if I got that right.) Once you have all the elements in place — the kids you’re teaching, their bags of candy, and the non-trick-or-treaters — you’re ready to deliver a mini-crash-course on various economic systems.
Communism. Confiscate all the candy. Any child who tries to hold back should be punished severely, perhaps by being required to wear blue and orange. Then, keeping about half for yourself, redistribute the rest to all the children, including those who did not bring any. While ignoring the protests of the producers, be sure to point out that you plan to do the same next year. This will save you money on costumes. Socialism. Confiscate about 65 percent of each child’s candy. Keep half for yourself — including all the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups — and distribute the rest to the children
who did not go trick-ortreating. Tax-and-spend nanny state (aka, United States). Confiscate about 40 percent of the candy. Once again, keep half and give the rest to the nontrick-or-treaters. (If you’re thinking the difference between this and socialism is only a matter of degrees — and very few degrees, at that — then give yourself another Peanut Butter Cup.) Free-market system. Take 10 percent of the candy off the top to cover your legitimate expenses, like gasoline and costumes. Then encourage each child to share another 10 percent of his or her
candy with those who, through lack of effort, didn’t get any. They can keep the rest to do with as they will. If you’ll take just a little time each Halloween to share these lessons with your children, they will grow up with a far better understanding of basic economics than most. This will disqualify them from government service but will otherwise improve their lives immensely. Rob Jenkins is a local freelance writer and the author of “Family Man: The Art of Surviving Domestic Tranquility,” available at Books for Less and on Amazon. Email Rob at rjenkinsgdp@yahoo.com.
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The following local students recently graduated from Georgia Southern University: Martin Adebowale of Stone Mountain, Tolulope Adedokun of Grayson, Derek Allan of Suwanee, Tyler Anderson of Lawrenceville, William Andryusky of Sugar Hill, Walter Arnold of Atlanta, Savannah Baker of Dacula, Amani Banks of Lawrenceville, Stephanie Bazemore of Snellville, Katherine Bender of Snellville, Alexis Benton of Lithonia, Ashley Bill of Duluth, Kelsey Boswell of Lawrenceville, Amber Braswell of Lawrenceville, Shaun Brooks of Snellville, Daniel Bryant of Lawrenceville, Ross Campbell of Duluth, Alexander Carroll of Suwanee, Brett Charron of Suwanee, Jayme Cook of Suwanee, Tabitha Coombs of Lithonia, Zachary Cooper of Lawrenceville, Hannah Costabile of Norcross, Chloe Cotter of Lawrenceville, Kayla Cowan of Stone Mountain, Mackenzie Cullum of Norcross, Brandon Cyprien of Lawrenceville, Kristy Defoor of Buford, Ray Delva of Lithonia, James Devlin of Lawrenceville, James Dickens of Snellville, Ashlyn Diemer of Lawrenceville, Anna Dzubinski of Peachtree Corners, Nicole Edwards of Snellville, Catrina Eldredge of Auburn, Kimberly Farris of Lilburn, Renee Fermin of Lawrenceville, Spencer Flaim of Suwanee, Taylor Fleming of Lilburn, Abbi Folk of Suwanee, Jenise Franklin of Nellville, Akilah Franklin of Stone Mountain, Cailee Fraser of Braselton, Christopher Geeslin of Norcross, Kevin Glaze of Braselton, Branden Green of Lawrenceville, Tyler Grundmann of Norcross, Taylor Hammond of Suwanee, Maya Harris of Stone Mountain, Emily Harwood of Sugar Hill, Lawana Haynes of Suwanee, Megan Heller of Lawrenceville, Thomas Henderson of Dacula, John Hewell of Gainesville, James Holt of Lawrenceville, Olufemi Ige of Norcross, Darrick Jackson of Lawrenceville, Merry Jamieson of Atlanta, Kara Johnson of Suwanee, Mia Johnson of Lithonia, Megan Jones of Auburn, Carl JonesReid of Lawrenceville, Ashley Keen of Lilburn, Samuel Keller of Duluth, Kashif Khanjee of Suwanee, Joshua Kies of Snellville, Justin Kiser of Duluth, William Kite of Johns Creek, Ahmad Kromah of Lawrenceville, Kayla Kudratt of Lithonia, Tyler Landers of Snellville, Matthew Levins of Hoschton, Christopher Lewis of Lawrenceville, Amber Lott of Lilburn, Jordan Lowery of Lawrenceville, Jabob Mauceri of Auburn, Lindsey McCormick of Suwanee, Sarah McFall of Lilburn, William McGinty of Suwanee, Antarius McLain of Stone Mountain, Jessamy McManus of Lilburn, Stephanie McNamara of Duluth, Marissa McOmber of Suwanee, Alexander Metzler of Lawrenceville, Ryan
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COLLEGE NOTES Metzer of Dacula, Matthew Mierzejewski of Suwanee, Brianna Mikel of Lithonia, Christopher Moore of Snellville, Juan Moreno of Lilburn, Brandon Morgan of Lawrenceville, Casey Murck of Lawrenceville, Jacob Newell of Atlanta, Joseph O’Connor of Dacula, Michael O’Leary of Norcross, Joel Pabon of Lilburn, Annalise Paglia of Hoschton, Antoniette Parris of Lithonia, Bernardo Patino of Snellville, Robyn Pearson of Snellville, Amber Perkins of Snellville, Kimberly Pohlmann of Suwanee, Nicole Price of Snellville, Lynn Pruneau of Lawrenceville, Azizi Pyron of Stone Mountain, Matthew Quick of Dacula. Jameka Rayford of Lithonia, Brittany Reese of Suwanee, Thomas Reynolds of Lawrenceville, Race Roberts of Lawrenceville, Khrysta Robinson of Stone Mountain, Delano Rodrigues of Duluth, Skylyn Rogers of Duluth, Mary Schoenbaechier of Lawrenceville, Lisa Schwartz of Suwanee, Devin Scott of Stone Mountain, Logan Segraves of Suwanee, Trey Short of Suwanee, Sharianne Smith of Grayson, Ashley Smith of Dacula, Andrew Smith of Lawrenceville, Nicole Smith of Lawrenceville, Alex Staalner of Suwanee, Austin Stanley of Lawrenceville, Megan Steffes of Duluth, Robert Stevens of Sugar Hill, Brittany Swanson of Dacula, Taneesha Terry of Lawrenceville, Corie Terwilliger of Lilburn, Cory Thomas of Lilburn, Danielle Vincent of Lawrenceville, Erica Voyles of Dacula, Briel Wallace of Stone Mountain, ShawnaKay Waugh of Snellville, Laura Welch of Norcross, Trent Wiedeman of Suwanee, Tyler Williams of Suwanee and Molly Williams of Suwanee. Ariele Patterson recently graduated from Kent State University with a Bachelor of Science from the College of Education, Health and Human Services. The following students were named to the dean’s list for the spring 2015 semester at Grove City College: Calvin Kuntz of Suwanee and Ashley Curle of Lawrenceville. Su Yeon Kim of Duluth was recently named to the president’s list for the spring 2015 semester at Pratt Institute. Victor Speight of Lawrenceville was recently named to the dean’s list for the spring 2015 semester at Illinois Central College. The following students were recently named to the president’s list or president’s honor roll at the University of North Georgia: Hannah Mallory of Gainesville, Sydney Farley of Gainesville,
Alyssa Groover of Gainesville, Phoebe Palmer of Suwanee, Emily Werner of Norcross, Lydia Mele of Sugar Hill, James Millwood of Hoschton, Fatimatou Ndiaye of Gainesville, Kathryn Craven of Lilburn, Justin Grimaldi of Dacula, Yisett Hall of Braselton, Sadie Misley of Braselton, Sarah Phillips of Braselton, Joel Hoffman of Sugar Hill, Jessica Wood of Auburn, Samantha Hefner of Sugar Hill, Cara Blenke of Suwanee, Samuel Mink of Lawrenceville, Katelyn Nesbit of Suwanee, Zachary Robertson of Lawrenceville, Amanda Shaw of Lawrenceville, Josiah Bennett of Auburn, Gregory Leopold of Buford, Omojolaade Akintade of Lawrenceville, Obadi Obadi of Lawrenceville, Melina Selent of Lawrenceville, Erin Shay of Hoschton, Skyler Smith of Dacula, Cameron Berry of Dacula, James Holden of Gainesville, Brittnei Padgett of Dacula, Julia Popova of Braselton, Meredith Ashburn of Dacula, Ashley Hogan of Gainesville, Spencer Jones of Dacula, Aneta Galazka of Braselton, Megan Lowery of Lawrenceville, Davis Lackey of Lawrencevile, Kejsi Ruka of Lawrenceville, Younghwa Kim of Lawrenceville, Megan Reese of Dacula, Alexis Vincent of Dacula, Ian Kelly of Gainesville, Kaitlyn Irby of Lawrenceville, William Boyd of Dacula, Lauren Griffin of Grayson, Diego Casillas of Lilburn, Elizabeth Humphreys of Lawrenceville, Todd Miller of Dacula, Philip O’Donnell of Suwanee, Elizabeth Celandia of Snellville, Danielle Durden of Buford, Angela Greiner of Braselton, Simona Karlitsky of Sugar Hill, Cara Mason of Hoschton, Inhye Chung Kim of Buford, Mary Bagwell of Suwanee, Katherine Basile of Dacula, Jennifer Coleman of Lawrenceville, Rebecca Connor of Grayson, Shelby Everett of Dacula, Nicole Gann of Hoschton, Mary Greene of Lawrenceville, Jordan Hall of Suwanee, Anna Iwan of Lawrenceville, Lillian Mallory of Gainesville, Chenoa Maples of Braselton and Stephanie O’Toole of Dacula. Audriana Sims of Grayson was recently named to the dean’s list for the spring 2015 semester at Northeastern University. Carla Blake of Grayson graduated from the University of the Cumberlands. The following students were recently named to the dean’s list at Georgia Southern University: Amandla Adams of Stone Mountain, AnuOluwapo Akinleye of Lilburn, Kaliya Alfred of Lawrenceville, Kathleen Allinson of Lilburn, Judith Arazu of Suwanee, Cameron Argo of Dacula, Kindra Arneson of Hoschton, Mckensie Attaway of Suwanee, Chandler Avery of Dacula, Amani Banks of
Lawrenceville, Avery Barrett of Dacula, Chase Bartlett of Norcross, Brian Basila of Lawrenceville, Belinda Baxter of Suwanee, Brian Bell of Lawrenceville, Shekinah Bell of Norcross, Connor Bell of Norcross, Halie Bellet of Suwanee, Jennifer Benitez of Snellville, Devon Bennett of Stone Mountain, Agustina Biggio of Braselton, Ashley Bill of Duluth, Joe Bova of Lawrenceville, Fernando Boyzo of Norcross, Daisha Braxton of Stone Mountain, Delaney Brisco of Snellville, Andrew Burt of Suwanee, Katlyn Cameron of Dacula, Myles Campbell of Duluth, John Paul Cathey of Snellville, Christina Chandler of Duluth, Brett Charron of Suwanee, Jake Cittadino of Duluth, Tatiana Clack of Norcross, Maya Clark of Lawrenceville, Henry Clayman of Duluth, Andre Coleman of Snellville, Benjamin Collins of Suwanee, Arecia Combs of Stone Mountain, Collin Cook of Suwanee, Rachel Craddock of Dacula, Kimberly Craddock of Lawrenceville, Keith Crawford of Duluth, Nigel Croff of Lawrenceville, Katherine Darby of Lawrenceville, Collette DeLong of Lilburn, James Delvin of Lawrenceville, Ashley Dixon of Buford, Jefferson Doehling of Lawrenceville, Megan Donat of Lawrenceville, Ashley Droze of Suwanee, Terrance Dubose of Lawrenceville, Brendan Eckard of Duluth, Robert Edwards of Lawrenceville, Nicholas Efird of Duluth, Amanda Ely of Duluth, Patricia Emery of Snellville, Taylor Endres of Duluth, Thyasmine Erikson of Norcross, Christopher Fajemisin of Lawrenceville, Jack Falle of Lilburn, Nicholas Fancher of Suwanee, Heather Felt of Lawrenceville, Taylor Fleming of Lilburn, John Foss of Duluth, Akilah Franklin of Stone Mountain, Matthew Fraschilla of Snellville, Rachel Gann of Dacula, Nicholas Gardner of Lawrenceville, Jordan Geren of Duluth, Moriah Gibson of Buford, Branden Green of Lawrenceville, Richielle Greenfield of Lawrenceville, Lauren Griggs of Dacula, Janis Grikstas of Lawrenceville, Leslie Grinnage of Lawrenceville, Christopher Gubitoso of Suwanee, Nicole Gump of Dacula, Kristy Hale of Duluth, Bailey Hammond of Suwanee, Mary Harles of Suwanee, Katherine Harris of Stone Mountain, Olajumoke Harrison of Grayson, Alexandria Hathaway of Duluth, Abbey Hays of Dacula, Jaimie Head of Grayson, Hanna Heller of Lawrenceville, Rachel Hellwig of Lilburn, Owen Henderson of Lilburn, Bryan Henry of Stone Mountain, Jennifer Heslin of Lilburn, Kaiden Hill of Snellville, Rachael Hoag of Dacula, Nathaniel Hoffman of Lawrenceville, Claire Holley of Norcross, Peyton Hosier of Suwanee, Emily Hudson of Lawrenceville, Christopher Huseonica of
Norcross, Eric Irish of Lilburn, Chyna James of Snellville, Brian Jenkins of Snellville, Michal Jones of Lilburn, Tione Jones of Auburn, Corey Jones of Suwanee, Kaylee Joslin of Lawrenceville, Caroline Kasmiskie of Snellville, Dane Keller of Duluth, Kierstin Kidwell of Suwanee, Kaitlin Kidwell of Suwanee, Lauren Klein of Suwanee, Kathryn Kluglein of Duluth, Nam Kwon of Suwanee, Andrew Lambert of Lilburn, Tyler Landers of Snellville, Alexis Latners of Stone Mountain, Jared Lavender of Dacula, Joseph Lee of Lilburn, Olivia Leniuk of Dacula, Emily Lewis of Sugar Hill, Haley Locklier of Suwanee, Amber Lott of Lilburn, Benjamin Loyal of Duluth, Sydnie Madison of Lawrenceville, Freddy Maier of Lawrenceville, Alesha Mann of Lawrenceville, Nicholas Mattiucci of Dacula, Jacob Mauceri of Auburn, Kiana Mayes of Dacula, Brian McAraw of Lilburn, Austin McCranie of Buford, Alexa McFarland of Lawrenceville, Alexis Mckenzie of Duluth, Tatumn McLaughlin of Sugar Hill, Marissa McOmber of Suwanee, Perry McWilliams of Norcross, Katie Miller of Suwanee, Michelle Miller of Auburn, Tasia Millward of Snellville, Sarah Moe of Snellville, Imani Moody of Lilburn, Savannah Moore of Lawrenceville, Benjamin Morales of Lawrenceville, Christina Moran of Duluth, Christopher Morrison of Norcross, Diarron Morrison of Norcross, Colby Mosshart of Hoschton, Stephen Myers of Lilburn, Katherine Neas of Duluth, Avery Nevels of Suwanee, Madelyn Newton of Braselton, Daniel Nwadike of Lawrenceville, Hannah Offenhauer of Braselton, Andre Okosi of Lawrenceville, Akuabata Okoye of Lawrenceville, Carson Oprysko of Snellville, Natalie Orzech of Suwanee, Nicole Orzech of Suwanee, Annalise Paglia of Hoschton, Isaiah Peek of Auburn, Frederick Pestorious of Lawrenceville, Rachel Peterkin of Lilburn, Rachel Pettit of Lilburn, Rachel Pew of Duluth, Montana Pfeffer of Hoschton, Henry Pham of Lilburn, Nguyen Phan of Buford, Dorian Pogman of Duluth, Jane Powell of Suwanee, Jessica Rainey of Suwanee, Emmanuel Raji of Lawrenceville, Eric Ranft of Suwanne, Brooke Rappaport of Grayson, Sarah Rice of Norcross, Sydney Rives of Suwanee, Xxavier Robertson of Lawrenceville, Morgan Robinson of Stone Mountain, Pedro Rocha of Norcross, Brittany Roley of Lawrenceville, Rebecca Romesburg of Lawrenceville, Muhammad Safwan of Lawrenceville, Kacy SaintCyr of Stone Mountain, Rayquan Sam of Norcross, Robyn Sanders of Snellville, Caitlin Schnitter of Dacula, Mary Schoenbaechler of Lawrenceville, Tiffany Scott
of Duluth, Ashley Seay of Dacula, Logan Segraves of Suwanee, Connor Segraves of Suwanee, Chase Seymour of Lawrenceville, Madison Sherer of Suwanee, Olivia Singleton of Lawrenceville, Virginia Skinner of Lilburn, Tyler Smallwood of Buford, Alexander Smith of Lawrenceville, Amanda Smith of Lilburn, Javonne Stanfield of Norcross, Emily Stephens of Lawrenceville, John Stevenson of Suwanee, Stefanie Still of Lawrenceville, Kelly Stinnett of Lawrenceville, Erin Swirk of Lawrenceville, Ross Tarantino of Lawrenceville, Dalton Taylor of Lawrenceville, Taneesha Terry of Lawrenceville, Lauren Tewksbury of Suwanee, Kaitlyn Thacker of Snellville, Lamar Thorpe of Lawrenceville, Mikhael Tomlinson of Sugar Hill, Kevin Tornillo of Auburn, Courtney Tulloch of Lawrenceville, Marisa Turner of Suwanee, Kingsley Ukaogo of Lawrenceville, Lauren Unruh of Duluth, Braden Videon of Lawrenceville, Jerry Vixamar of Lawrenceville, Jessica Voiles of Dacula, Erica Voyles of Dacula, Julie Wages of Snellville, Margaret Walsh of Buford, Brian Weber of Lawrenceville, Molly Weimer of Lawrenceville, Elizabeth West of Duluth, Molly Williams of Grayson, Matthew Wood of Lawrenceville, Kaitlin Wood of Suwanee and Kendall Zanders of Suwanee. The following local students were recently named to the dean’s list for the summer 2015 semester at Valdosta State University: Kendra Holloway of Stone Mountain, Kiersten Jakes of Lawrenceville, Sidney Steele of Duluth, Steven Mancinelli of Dacula. The following local students recently graduated from Clemson University: Joshua Grossett of Hoschton and Lance Scott of Snellville. Lawanna Gaylen of Suwanee was recently named to the dean’s list for the summer 2015 semester at Upper Iowa University. The following local students recently graduated from Valdosta State University: Alex Mueller of Grayson, Ashley Griffin of Lawrenceville, Brittney Ikuesan of Snellville, Chelsea Merritt of Duluth, Erika Whitaker of Snellville, Hannah Holmes of Auburn, Jermaine Whirl of Snellville, John McWilliams of Norcross, Julius Carrafa of Norcross, Kendra Holloway of Stone Mountain, Kinard Thomas of Dacula, Laila Dunham of Lawrenceville, Leslie-Ann Phillips of Dacula, Megan Walsh of Suwanee, Oluwatomisin Oluwakoya of Lawrenceville, Praysha Malone of Lilburn, Raeesah Arshad of Lithonia, Rakeeta Laird of Cumming, Sharon Burnside of Lawrenceville, Victoria Papadelis of Duluth.