1,254
edits
Debt Relief:Proposal: Difference between revisions
→Tentative Schedule
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
==Tentative Schedule== | ==Tentative Schedule== | ||
Week 1: Oct. 26 & 28 | ===Week 1: Oct. 26 & 28=== | ||
Research: | Research: | ||
Reasons for getting into debt | * Reasons for getting into debt | ||
Distinguish between “good” debt and “bad” debt | * Distinguish between “good” debt and “bad” debt | ||
Statistical information about debt; the average American debt, the correlation between age and debt, the average number of years it takes to “get out” of debt., and any inferences about the direction the country, as a whole, is heading when it comes to debt | * Statistical information about debt; the average American debt, the correlation between age and debt, the average number of years it takes to “get out” of debt., and any inferences about the direction the country, as a whole, is heading when it comes to debt | ||
Week 2: Nov. 2 & 4 | ===Week 2: Nov. 2 & 4=== | ||
Research: | Research: | ||
Debt relief agencies | * Debt relief agencies | ||
The pros and cons | * The pros and cons | ||
Consequences of getting involved with such an agency | * Consequences of getting involved with such an agency | ||
Distinguish between a credible agency and a bogus one | * Distinguish between a credible agency and a bogus one | ||
Thing to consider when contemplating going to a debt relief program | * Thing to consider when contemplating going to a debt relief program | ||
Week 3: Nov. 9 & 11 | ===Week 3: Nov. 9 & 11=== | ||
Research: | Research: | ||
Financial planning | * Financial planning | ||
Budgeting | * Budgeting | ||
Places that offer these services- private and public | * Places that offer these services- private and public | ||
Credit ratings: what do they mean | * Credit ratings: what do they mean | ||
Week 4: Nov. 16 & 18 | ===Week 4: Nov. 16 & 18=== | ||
Research: | Research: | ||
Alternatives to debt | * Alternatives to debt | ||
Managing debt | * Managing debt | ||
Being “debt-free” as an option | * Being “debt-free” as an option | ||
Staying debt-free | * Staying debt-free | ||
Week 5: Nov. 23 (the 25th is a holiday) | ===Week 5: Nov. 23 (the 25th is a holiday)=== | ||
Research: | Research: | ||
Options to becoming “debt free” | * Options to becoming “debt free” | ||
Bankruptcy | * Bankruptcy | ||
Improving your credit rate | * Improving your credit rate | ||
Week 6: Nov. 30 & Dec. 2 | ===Week 6: Nov. 30 & Dec. 2=== | ||
Revise and make corrections as needed | * Revise and make corrections as needed. | ||
===Week 7: Dec. 7 & 9=== | |||
* Turn in project. | |||
==Teams and Responsibilities== | ==Teams and Responsibilities== | ||