Ignorance Carries A High Price By Annamaria Lusardi

High school is one of the most important things to a student's life. It is the foundation

The main courses that we are taught throughout elementary and high school are English, Math, Science, and Social Studies. While those subjects are important, not everyone will use those studies throughout their lifetime, whereas if they taught subjects like balancing a checkbook, how to fill out job applications and write a resume, how to do an interview, first aid, and so many other skills, everyone would carry that with them and find that information useful after they get out of high school.

The phrase “Ignorance is bliss” is faulty. Especially when it comes to Elie Wiesel’s “Night” and the egregious accounts from the Holocaust. This book follows a young boy and his trials as he faces pain, terror, hunger, and death during the German attacks in World War Two. He and his family, his father, his mother and his three sisters, were taken from their home and sent to Auschwitz, a concentration camp in Poland. Before this however, they live in a small village called Sighet.

We should be aware of how fortunate we are to be in an environment where we can gain knowledge and demonstrate performance while challenging ourselves. Eager to learn, I completed two science courses in the first year of high school. Then, continuing to strive for academic excellence, I enrolled in honors and advanced placement courses, as well as college classes. Ultimately, attending high school teaches the lesson that education is beyond grades; it is about developing character, and

Attending high schools should be more than just exposing students to a structured curriculum. High school should also be a place where students are allowed to think outside of the box. Schools should inspire creativity, sparks curiosity, and fuels ambition.

Many adults and teenagers living in the present day still do not know why saving money is important. As much as we all hope emergencies won’t happen, the truth is we all know that sometimes they are unavoidable. If you do not have a safety net to lean on when these problems arise they can rapidly turn into additional debt and loans. Setting a little money aside will assist you when these life emergencies arise. Saving money also helps people achieve and aspire to their personal, social, political, and environmental goals. Once you have enough money saved you can become financially independent and able to make your own choices about how to spend your money. Additionally, saving money gives you peace and satisfaction. Knowing that you have your finances in control feels commendable. Not having to worry about sudden emergencies or costly repairs lowers your stress levels. Saving money helps in sudden emergencies, assists

High school is the four years people have to complete after finishing elementary school. After having graduate from high school people have the decisions to either attend a university, go to a community college, or end there educational career there. Going to a community college won’t be the same experience most are used to when they had attended high school. Even though community college and high school may seem alike they are actually different because of the costs, expectations, and behavior.

The reality of the situation is that learning decays quickly. The best course of action then it comes to teaching people how to manage their finances is give them the education just before they have to actually make the decision (Professor Lynch, Document C, p.g. 2). Think back to some class you took years ago. How well do you really remember its subject matter? Could you make an informed decision now based on information you were told years ago, and haven’t used since?

Entering high school is the beginning of a whole new learning experience. Transitioning from middle school, high school presents more classes, students, and a bigger campus. It brings new expectations and responsibilities to each of us. High school also offers fresh chances to make new friends, try new sports and activities, and really explore who we are as individuals. The goal is to maintain good grades, score high on the SAT test, and keep a positive attitude so colleges and universities will accept you. Of course it's not as easy at sounds, but it's achievable. It requires a lot of work and dedication to every subject. Some students breeze their way through while others live in misery trying to pass their

High school can be a tough time for everyone. For those planning to go to college, of course you're going to have to take the SAT or ACT, whichever your choice of college prefers. You also need a certain score to get accepted, along with if your grade point average is good enough and whatnot.

Although the reliance on student loans continues to increase for college students across the nation, the vast majority of American teenagers are not required to attend and complete a Financial Literacy course before graduating high school. According to Jillian Berman, only five states scored an A on the 2015 Report Card on State Efforts to Improve Financial Literacy in High Schools, and those same five states are the only states in the country that require students to take a dedicated semester of personal finance courses before graduating (Marketwatch.com). There is an obvious problem with the state efforts to properly educate finances when 14 out of 50 states rank in at a failing grade. Money is an essential asset to life on Earth, and proper education on financial management is vital for the basic requirements to sustain life. Education on how to manage money in order to afford food, shelter, clothing should be the main priority of the Financial Literacy courses. More in-depth are topics

How to properly manage money is something that should be taught to young people because it is a very important asset in everyday life. “Total consumer debt in the United States stands at nearly $2.6 trillion dollars. That works out to be nearly $8,500 in debt for every man” (Anderson). Many times teenagers are known for “throwing away” their money by spending it on unnecessary things. This is something that could easily be avoided if students were taught the proper techniques on saving and spending money. There are many different skills that students could learn if personal finance was taught in the school system. Managing money is one of those very important skills and would help to lessen the number of young people spending irresponsibly instead of

There are many different topics in this novel, some more important than others. The book, Everything, Everything, was written by Nicola Yoon. The story is about a teenage girl that is allergic to everything. She soon meets a boy next door and they fall in love. There are many main topics in this novel such as sickness, love, and isolation.

Once a child graduates from elementary school and goes on to high school, he or she is already molded into the person he or she will be for the rest of his or her life. Sure all kids become more mature within those four years, but their values are still the same, and in some cases even stronger. In most circumstances, a child will use what they learned in the past to make decisions inhe future. High school, however, is important for other reasons as well. High school is the very last step before a student can enter the realm of higher education. Therefore, high school is essentially what prepares a student to go on to bigger and better things. High school is where

We go through 12 years of schooling before we reach college. Some may feel as if high school is it for them and they have retained all of the information they need and have learned the proper amount of knowledge needed in order to be successful in life. However, for others, their path in life is different. Some need to further in knowledge in order to have a career in higher paying jobs, for example, if you want to be brain surgeon, I’m pretty sure you cannot obtain a career of that nature just off of a high school diploma. That is definitely common knowledge, of course you’re going to need to further your schooling in order to obtain the skills and tools needed in order to be successful in that career path.