Stock market crash course

Though the students are talking about real stocks and real drops and gains, the buying and selling is all pretend and is part of a stock market simulation on the Internet called The Stock Market Game. At St. Mary's, students were put into small groups for the 12-week simulation that started earlier this month. Each student uses the school's new Dell Mini Netbooks follows his or her team, buys and sells stocks and to also follows the market. Photograph accompanies the article