Volunteers from Old Hickory Credit Union recently helped with The Reality Store, a program for 8th graders in Sumner County.  At TW Hunter Middle, a mock “real world” was located in the cafeteria, and students entered and were assigned a mock job, salary, and family.  Their task was to find housing, transportation, insurance, and basically everything else in this real world…all in less than one hour.  The goal:  have at least some cash left over.  Surprisingly, most of the students were fairly conservative with their purchases, even funding retirement accounts before completing their assignment.  Students left the Reality Store with a healthy respect for their parents and a better understand of how money affects their lives.  And, one student said he’s planning on a career change.  He hated his fake job as a mortician.