ManyAmericanstudentslearnbusinessskillsinschool.Theyreadbooksaboutbusinessandtalkaboutbusinessproblems.Somestudentslearnbusinessskillsbyoperatingtheirowncompanies.HereisastoryaboutsomeAmericanstudentswhosebusinessis"banking".

Indecember1987,theTwigietBankopenedatanElementarySchoolinMiami,Florida.Itisarealbankthatacceptsmoney,forsavingsandmanksloans,anditwasoperatedentirelybyten,elevenandtwelve-year-oldstudentsattheschool.Thebankwasopenedontheschoolcampusforonehourtwodaysaweek.Studentscouldputtheirmoneyintothebankandwithdrawitastheywish.Officialsfromalocalbankhelpedthestudentsstartthebank.Theytrainedtwenty-threeofthemtodoallthedifferentkindsofbankjobs.fromcountingmoneytoguardingthebank.Thestudentsneededmoneytostartthebank.Theyraisedmorethan￥2000byselling50dollarsharesinthebanktoparents,teachers,thelocalbankclerks,andcustomers.Organizingandoperatingthebanktaughtthechildrenalotaboutthebankingbusiness.Theylearnedaboutraisingandinvestingmoneyandhowtousecomputersandotherbankingequpment.Theyalsolearnedhowtoaskforajobandtoberesponsiblefortheirjobs.翻译。