This is awesome! I love it.
One of my pet peeves was DS' end-of-year project last year in school: we will give you $1MM, and you need to spend it in a way that sets you up for your future. I, of course, said "VSTAX. Done." But then DS explained, no, they're not allowed to actually *keep* any of the money -- they have to spend it *all* or it goes away. !!!!!
Now, I get the idea that they don't want kids turning the whole project into a one-word report. But I really would expect them to be a little more nuanced -- e.g., you need to figure out how much you want to put toward college, housing, transportation, charity, and savings -- so that they had to address a bunch of different things and do the research on the options, but still at least suggest that IF YOU GET A BIG HONKING WINDFALL YOU SHOULDN'T BLOW IT ALL.
Your tax dollars at work. I almost complained to the teacher, but I decided to take it in the "fun" spirit in which it was intended.