"Being an adult isn't easy.
Forget about work.
The bills take a lot out of you, too.
Consider that a lesson learned yesterday by 100 eighth-graders from Hungary Creek Middle School in Henrico County attending the Capital One/Junior Achievement Finance Park.
The students became 'adults' when they entered the park.
They were given identification cards listing their new salary, marital status, number of children and occupation.
And then they were charged with figuring out the maximum and minimum amount they could spend on housing, electricity, food, a car, insurance, cable TV and other necessities and luxuries. The calculations were based on net monthly income."