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?

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to analyse literature, calculate using trigonometry and understand how photosynthesis works, but often

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inexperienced and helpless after graduation when encountering the real world. It is

therefore

argued that academy should teach their enlistment how to survive financially in the world.

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topic is difficult, though. Many educators believe that a school is supposed to teach

students

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subjects that they will most probably not encounter again post-graduation

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so that teachers can develop open-minded and well-informed individuals. At the same time, it can be argued that schools should impart skills that would be applicable in everyday life. Mathematics,

for example

, is supposed to not only communicate actual mathematics skills

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but

also

teach logic to

students

.

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, schools are supposed to prepare the youths for their lives following high school.

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this

goal is not fully met, as often

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

.

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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.

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a change of

this

scale would be costly, as teachers would have to be trained and a syllabus for

this

potential subject would have to be created.

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, in some countries,

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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.