This initial class was my first meeting with Hunter whereby we took this opportunity to get a better idea as to what material he had been learning and general expectations etc. In the absence of any text or course syllabus I elected to focus on providing Hunter with the groundwork on the stock market and use this topic to branch out into related topics. He seemed very receptive to this idea and admitted that he had a personal friend that apparently had made money in stocks which allowed his friend to purchase his own house free and clear. I found this comment to be encouraging since this implied that Hunter is motivated to earn an income and learn more on how to be financially independent. We discussed personal interests and the name of those companies whose product/services he has used or acquired in the recent past. We discussed Apple at length and used this well known company as a spring board into the stock market.