Education Needs To Focus More On Teaching Realistic Things

The context of the lesson is three fold: First, to enhance literacy and utilize digital tools to research, communicate, produce and present. Developing these skills will be of immediate use, as these students have at least two more years in an academic setting. Secondly, they will be acquiring life skills as they define and internalize the concepts of budgeting and personal finance. Thirdly, in the broadest context, they will be able to apply this knowledge when they go forth into the job market and begin making short and long term investments. This lesson is appropriate and timely for these students as they will soon be leaving high school and embarking on various life and career paths. It is of critical importance that they understand how credit works and how to be fiscally responsible early on, so that they can avoid making bad decisions that have long-term and life altering ramifications. This demonstrates my commitment to their lifelong ability to learn and use information

After reading those two articles, I think college writing is totally different from high school writing; we need to put much more effort on developing our research, thinking and writing skills. In college writing, we will use tools like academic writing situation to help us in creating papers. And we must be responsible for all assignments and works in order to be successful. It is not difficult to write, but writing with professional vocabulary and correct format with our own fresh thoughts is challenging. As Strong said, “Writing is thinking.”, there is no perfect first draft, as long as we rewrite with consistent thinking, we will be a qualified college writer.

Numerous teens go off to college not knowing basic life skills that become increasingly helpful when you're off on your own. Figuring things out on your own isn’t always an awful thing, but if you had someone to teach you about life and how to manage your way through it, it would be so helpful. One not so great thing about figuring information out on your own is that you could end up making some costly mistakes. One of the best times to learn life skills such as managing money, cooking, raising a child, first aid, relationship and communication skills, and how to get a job is right before a teen goes off to college. There is a great deal of teens who go off to college and will be living on their own for the first time, if we taught life skill type classes in high school they would be more prepared to go off on their own.

Americas debt has doubled over the past several years, and most Americans do not know how to manage their finances. One of the only solutions that come to mind when thinking of how to make the economy better is financial literacy courses. [Thesis] Students should be required to take financial literacy class before graduating high school because [Reason 1] people need to learn how to logically make financial decisions, [Reason 2] and also to prepare people to make important economic decisions in an ever changing economy.

The importance of college-level writing is a topic that is very much backed up and accompanied by facts and studies. Writing in the college-level is needed in order to master college work in any class. Basically all classes require you to more than likely submit some kind of research paper or essay. Writing for Learning to Improve Students’ Comprehension at the College Level by Fahad Alharbi as well as Luiza Costa Ribeiro, Writing Essays at College: Why it’s Important both go into detail on how important writing at this level is and all the skills learned for during and after college. As well on how you can benefit from them.

In this article, “College Success” written by Bruce Beiderwell, Linda Tse, Thomas J. Lochhaas, and Nicholas B. deKanter, they explain the differences of high school and college writing, expectations of the instructors, and the types of papers that are assigned. Most students who struggle in their writing are usually still going through their transformation into college, without even knowing it. Though, how can you see these symptoms? “Students who struggle with writing in college often conclude that their high school teachers were too easy or that their college instructors are too hard” (Beiderwell, P. 1). When going into college there are all sort of ways of writing an essay, in high school you were taught the five paragraph basic

They must understand budgeting, taxes and banking while avoiding traps like payday loans that prey on the poor and uninformed. Despite this, only five states require students to take a stand-alone semester financial literacy course, so school districts simply don’t offer one. Campaigning for FBLA national office, I was surprised how few students, all enrolled in high school business courses, had access to a financial literacy instruction. I experienced the results of this shortcoming firsthand after my parent’s divorce. Lacking a personal finance education, my mother initially struggled with basic budgeting and understanding mortgages and taxes. By expanding financial literacy education in high schools, we can lay the foundation to challenge wealth

It is often argued that rising costs and college debt are the main causes which leads to devastating loans and a long term burden for families. “College costs have been rising roughly at a rate of 7% per year for decades. Since 1985, the overall consumer price index has risen 115% while the college education inflation rate has risen nearly 500% (Odland).” Certainly, many students have struggled to get into a college debt-free and the numbers of costs are increasing more. Nevertheless, students would not encounter such problems if they planned effectively before college and educated themselves to be able to adapt to difficult situations. “More importantly, by engaging students in the planning process, they will be able to develop lifelong skills for success. The self-confidence they gain by actively determining their own future is something they will carry with them through high school, college and into the job market (Noodle).” In fact, college isn't the only option out there. There are alternatives such as the military which requires only test scores and everything else is paid for. In addition to that, they pay big bucks even after

The idea of adding a financial literacy course into schools curriculums and requiring students to take it before graduating is a current decision being considered by numerous school districts. Supporters of this idea say that it would have a positive effect while the people who oppose this idea state that financial courses don’t work.

Teens and some young adults are known for blowing their money on unimportant things. Some student think ahead and start saving up for college, which is when managing money comes into place. Gas, auto insurance, and car payments are often sometimes paid by the students, when their parents actually own the car. For example, I pay for my own gas and insurance every month. I make minimum wage working between twenty and thirty hours a week. I was not expected to pay for all of those expenses, but I did not expect my parents to pay for all of these expenses anyway. I offered to pay for all of my insurance, which takes up a little over half of my paycheck. When I manage my money right and do not spend all of one paycheck on unimportant and unneeded things, I can start saving up the extra money accumulated, which results in me having extra money when I get my next paycheck. My parents did not want me to work, but I wanted to work and prove to everyone around me and myself that I was ready to take a step in being more independent with my own money and that I did not need them paying for everything I wanted/needed. Managing money is not hard, it just takes making the right decision of whether or not what is wanted is worth the money. As students learn to manage their time and money, they become more self-dependent and mature.

It seems as if our high school does not give us the full preparation we need for college-- specifically in the writing aspect. I am thankful my school offered me the opportunity to better my education through college courses. In past years, I have not taken the time to write well organized papers causing me to feel very anxious about taking a college english course in high school. Because of what I have learned in this course,, writing papers has become much easier and less stressful.

It is no secret that the financial system in The United States of America is incredibly complex and difficult to fully understand. As more and more people go into debt each year, it becomes clear that every American needs some help when it comes to financial literacy. However, the implementation of a financial literacy course is not a good solution. A course in financial literacy would end up being a waste of time and money because the class would cost the school board a large sum of money that it already does not have, and the students would not actually acquire much benefit from the class. Schools are getting less funding from the government every year and most school budget are pushed to their max.

Going into high school, I wasn’t sure if I was ever going to learn how to write checks or do anything financially since there were no classes available to do so. Being a teenager growing up I would always say something like “what’s the point of math class if we aren’t going to learn how to write checks or learn anything about our future with money.” Little did I know when we became seniors, there was a class that we could take to learn. In my opinion, it’s one of the more beneficial courses that we can take.

According to Ellen Andersen, college is full of learning experiences, one of which is learning how to work with a budget. Learning how to handle finances is a necessity. If you never learn, you won't know how to handle bills and taxes. With college being free, students would not know how to handle their finances (Andersen). With college being free, students wouldn't have to pay for their education, and if they don't pay for it, they don't value it.

While at Rowan Select Orientation we touch base on various important aspects of college. To me college is all about studying and making the grade. I believe tutoring sessions are most important to my academic success. I feel that tutoring is a great aspect because if you do not understand a topic there is someone on campus who does. During out Financial Literacy presentation they said something that really stood out to me. It was “If you put away twenty five dollars away for ten years you will save up two thousand and five hundred dollars”. I think that in college we as students need to save as much money along the road as possible. When Ms. Beth Rey presented this idea I felt that this would suit me best in relation to saving money over the