The First Rule of Financial Freedom: Understand How Systems Are Designed

Welcome to the journey.

At Freedom School Academy, we don’t just teach money—we teach power. And it all starts with one principle:

🏛 Know the Rules, Then Reclaim the Game

Financial literacy isn’t just about budgeting apps and side hustles. It’s about recognizing how the game was built—and deciding how you want to play it.

📘 Step One: See the System for What It Is

Credit scores. Rent. Student loans. Retirement accounts. Every tool in the financial toolbox was designed inside a system that didn’t always include us—and sometimes worked against us. So we start by decoding the setup. Because you can’t hack a system you don’t understand.

✨ Step Two: Know Who Came Before

Meet Maggie Lena Walker, a Black woman who ran a bank in the early 1900s. Yeah, before ATMs and fintech, she was already teaching her community how to save, lend, and build. She didn’t wait for the system to include her—she built her own. This is legacy work. And you’re part of it.

📖 Step Three: Learn the Rules

Think of money like a video game. You need to know the map, the moves, and the cheat codes. We break down compound interest, how ETFs work, what debt really costs—and we don’t just tell you how, we tell you why it matters for you, your family, and your future.

🧠 Step Four: Ask Big Questions

• What did money look like in your family growing up?

• What’s one rule you were never taught about money—but wish you were?

• What does freedom feel like when it comes to your money?

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