Did I ever tell you about the time I almost got expelled from high school? No? Well, maybe one day I’ll tell you. I remember the SRO Officer who yelled at me in the principal’s office had my grades in front of him and said, ‘Well, book smarts don’t equal street smarts!’ At the time, I wondered what that meant, because I’m pretty smart- but apparently, also dumb. Hm.
I’m also pretty smart about things like picking up languages in different countries, but not about paying for the trips themselves. Yep, I’ll confess that I applied for a credit card just so I could pay for a trip- and now I’m paying it off, every month. Don’t worry, I’m not being chased by the company…yet; but I bet if I were a little smarter, financially, I wouldn’t have done that to begin with!
So, how good is my financial IQ? Well, it’s a ‘B,’ barely. While browsing through SocialSpark I came across the BillsIQ link, and I took the little quiz. I scored an 80, not bad, right?! I’m not ashamed! Here is my score:
I read some of the posts for the Opps, what did you guys think about it? I think the fact that each section of the quiz was broken down and able to point me in the right direction, to articles aimed at improving my weaker areas is pretty neat. Eighty percent is good, right? Did anybody get higher than that? Prove it! Show me your screenshot, or leave me a comment with a link to your post. With the economy the way it is, if anybody has any cool money-saving tips, share them! I, for example, ride a scooter or bike to work- and on nice (non 100+ degree) days, I walk! Yay!
