Today’s schools should teach their students how to survive financially in the world today. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your knowledge or experience. You should write at least 250 words.
In
schools
, students
learn to analyse literature, calculate using trigonometry and understand how photosynthesis works, but often students
are inexperienced and helpless after graduation when encountering the real world. It is therefore
argued that schools
should teach their students
how to survive financially in the world.
This
topic is difficult though. Many educators believe that a school is supposed to teach students
in
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,
so that teachers can develop open-minded and well-informed individuals. At the same time, it can be argued that Remove the comma
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schools
should impart skills that would be applicable in everyday life. Mathematics, for example
, is supposed to not only communicate actual mathematics skills,
but Remove the comma
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also
teach logic to students
. However
, schools
are supposed to prepare the youths for their lives following high school. Currently
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Currently,
this
goal is not fully met, as often
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students
are unable to handle their finances sensibly and therefore
can often face significant problems. Schools
that teach students
how to survive financially could change this
.
This
significant shift in the ideology of education is unlikely to take place soon, as the education system has been in place for too long to be easily changed. Also
a change of Add a comma
Also,
this
scale would be costly, as teachers would have to be trained and a syllabus for this
potential subject would have to be created. However
, in some countries, for example
Germany, a community subject is available in which politics and finances are discussed. This
leaves students
from Germany in a better situation to deal with finances in their lives.
In conclusion, training school students
in financial matters would be very useful. Adding new content to the syllabus would require a significant amount of money, but the entire community would benefit from students
being better prepared for adult life.Submitted by ahmedmamer94 on
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