Very few school children learn about the value of money and how to look after it, yet this is a critical life skill that should be taught as a part of the school curriculum. Do you agree or disagree?

A practical

life

skill, which plays an essential role in adulthood, but is not taught in public

school

, is financial responsibility. On one hand, I am inclined to believe that as a child gains monetary knowledge and understands basic concepts of finance, he will make better decisions in terms of spending habits.

On the other hand

, hardly is

such

a subject appropriate for the age of adolescence. To assess the potential advantage of being taught about the value of

money

, we must bring the skill sets of personal finance into focus. Assuming a child was educated about the valuable

money

of schooling and how much effort his or her parents had put in to earn that

money

, he or she would be better and have compassion toward everyone. Not only would that child,

therefore

, be good at saving up, but he or she could

also

manage to avoid wasting unnecessary purchases at all costs.

In addition

, youngsters can develop a good shopping habit and empathize with those who are struggling to cope with their tough

life

. Another benefit which might be obtained in the long run is an accumulated source of funding that may either be used for investment or donation.

Although

so far, one can readily draw the conclusion that providing information regarding finances to

school

children is critical, we must put their puberty stage into perspective before judging whether it is a necessary

school

subject or not. Being mentally immature and having no exposure to the economic environment in real

life

, the pupils appear to be not ready for how

money

flows in society.

For instance

, since virtually all of the students have never been employed and paid any

money

apart from the amount that was given by parents, they will find the lesson

,,

Suggestion

,

as well as their home assignments, redundant at that moment. On top of that, because the number of hours that the students sit in the classroom is not infinite, other basic subjects

such

as mathematics, physics or chemistry both serve to lay the foundation for other advanced knowledge that they will face at university, like finances or economics and appeal strongly to children. Taking both sides into consideration, they point me to the conclusion that in principle, showing

school

children how to manage their

money

can be useful for everyday

life

aspects, but in practice, academic institutions had better focus on other elementary subjects.