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This program enables a variety of individuals to form partnerships with schools to teach the basic fundamentals of how a market economy operates. Instead of students being on the outside, I'd Rather Be A Bull Than A Bear allows students to be a functioning part of our exciting free enterprise system.

I'd Rather Be A Bull Than A Bear enables the STUDENT to:

• Develop a deeper pride in America
• Realize the value of corporations in America
• Understand the impact of current events on the stock market
• Use the newspaper as a research tool
• Develop the life-long habit of reading a newspaper
• Learn the skill of deductive reasoning in making financial decisions
• Gather environmental information to help make economic decisions
• Use the computer as a research tool
• Think beyond textbooks
• Become problem solvers
• Make sound economic decisions
• Become actively involved in the world of economics
• Experience the challenges of investing

I'd Rather Be A Bull Than A Bear enables the TEACHER to:

• Teach patriotism through economics
• Motivate students to participate in graded classroom activities
• Increase communication between students and parents
• Receive a newspaper for class research
• Implement collaborative learning
• Introduce stock market related careers
• Reinforce employability skills
• Highlight the courage of entrepreneurs
• Teach interdisciplinary lessons designed for team teaching
• Reinforce strong work ethics such as:

  Communication
  Initiative
  Productivity
  Knowledge of the job
  Quality of work
  Attention to details

I'd Rather Be A Bull Than A Bear enables the SCHOOL to:

• Form partnerships within the business community
• Welcome professional speakers
• Expand curriculums
• Create an environment of real-life learning
• Implement career education philosophy
• Prepare students for state tests
• Develop an innovative economics program that meets national standards

I'd Rather Be A Bull Than A Bear enables the PARENT to:

• Become actively involved in a successful school project
• Share their child's excitement
• View their child as a maturing young adult
• Communicate directly with the teacher
• Learn more about the stock market
• Share related professional skills with their child
• Have something positive and exciting to talk about at the dinner table
• Relate/Discuss the impact of current events on economic stability
• Guide their children toward future economic independence

I'd Rather Be A Bull Than A Bear enables the SPONSOR to:

• Form a partnership with a school
• Teach students valuable lessons about business
• Impact the lives of the next generation of leaders/investors
• Enhance its public image
• Provides guest speakers
• Initiate communication between teachers, students, and parents
• Gain future employees
• Obtain newspaper coverage
• Reach a new age market
• Become an educational resource
• Discuss product knowledge
• Bring a parent and child together through communication
• Initiate parental participation
• Expand corporate web site viewership
• Enlighten students about the courage of entrepreneurship
• Promote the basics of economics
• Positive workplace behavior