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Simulated spending helps Agawam teens learn budgeting

Simulated spending helps Agawam teens learn budgeting

AGAWAM — Nicolas Soroka doesn’t plan on going straight to college after Agawam High School graduation in June. Instead, he wants to get a job and work so he can figure out what he wants to do and what his life will be like.

A recent financial education fair — also called a Credit for Life Fair — at AHS helped give him an idea of what he’ll need financially when he’s living on his own.