Progressive U, a site that purports to give folks an opportunity to hone their blogging skills outside of MySpace, Facebook, Xanga, and whatever other net cults are sucking the brains out of the children of America, recently ran a nice little post showing off the economic benefits of dealing marijuana. It's just so awesome to see how industrious the kids of today are - plus, they're learning!
Recently I have noticed kids who use marijuana utilizing math skills and utilizing the basics of business. A lot of kids have really good business stragities. Smoking weed teaches one about many things. Math is the most obvious it teaches fractions because of the amounts that is it typically bought and sold in. Also, the price of weed teaches teens how to manage their money and how to prortize.
Selling weed can teach one a lot! The seller needs to understand the basics of supply and demand. Bringing the product (weed) to places where people want to buy it – where the demand is. It also shows one how to make a profit in a business – not spending more than you have who you like to work with and how to manage time and money. It also teaches about marketing – how do you get customers to come to you and how do you keep them coming back. Kids selling have recently been utilizing bulk buying – if one buys more they get a discount and they are forging business partners it is really interesting to witness.
"Back in my day we sold lemonade for a penny on a blazing hot sidewalk and we LIKED IT! These kids of today with their nickel bags and their intimate connection with Mexican growers just make me SICK!" Er, I mean... wow, that's awesome, Jennee, and thanks for posting!
talking from experience
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