Brian Bean definitely took the road less traveled—though not always of his own accord—to become a teacher. After a Ponzi scheme he invested in went bust, he vowed to teach the younger generation about money management. What his students simulate in his classroom economy at Tomball Memorial High School (TX) will undoubtedly be situations they face in the “real world,” and Brian wants to prepare them as best he can. This personal finance math teacher extraordinaire has even gone one step further, taking his real world class model and developing it into a business for other teachers across the country to use in their classrooms. Get ready to be inspired!