Thanks to Sonia for finding this chart!

Answer: Nurse 

Questions:

• Why do you think that people have such high trust in nurses? 
• Many of the lower trust professions are finance-related (bankers, real estate agents, car salespeople). What is it about those jobs that leads to this lack of trust? 
• How can you protect yourself in situations where you are buying a car or house and don't trust the car salesperson or real-estate agent? 

Here's the ready-to-go slides for this Question of the Day that you can use in your classroom.

Behind the numbers (Forbes):

Medical professions in general garner high trust levels among the public and 84 percent of Americans rated the honesty and ethical standards of nurses as high or very high. Doctors and pharmacists also did well in the honesty league with 67 and 66 percent placing a high level of trust in each profession respectively.

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About the Author

Tim Ranzetta

Tim's saving habits started at seven when a neighbor with a broken hip gave him a dog walking job. Her recovery, which took almost a year, resulted in Tim getting to know the bank tellers quite well (and accumulating a savings account balance of over $300!). His recent entrepreneurial adventures have included driving a shredding truck, analyzing executive compensation packages for Fortune 500 companies and helping families make better college financing decisions. After volunteering in 2010 to create and teach a personal finance program at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, Tim saw firsthand the impact of an engaging and activity-based curriculum, which inspired him to start a new non-profit, Next Gen Personal Finance.

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