▶ Your Answer : Some people
think that it is useless to learn basic economics in high school. However, in
my opinion, it is better that all high school students study basic economics concerning
the fact that the importance of various knowledge and managing money nowadays.To begin with, I
believe that learning various knowledge should be helped for living one’s life,
so it is nice to learn basic economics. It is required for people to have a
wide variety of knowledge rather that deep knowledge of one specific field. A
person with a great amount of knowledge is regarded as ‘a person of
intelligence. On the other hand, those who have no interest and knowledge in
various fields might simply be ignored. To give an anecdote, I learned
economics when I was a high school students. However, most friends of mine have
not learned economics. So, my friends didn’t know the basic idea of economics
and always used to ask them when they wanted to make deposits and credit card.
As a result, my friends regarded me as a very smart person and bought me meals
as their thanks. Likewise, after learning basic economics people can be
recognized by others
On top of that, students
will be able to learn how to manage their money by learning basic economics. In
this materialistic society, money sometimes is regarded as one’s power. If you
have no money, you might be ignored by people. In the worst scenario, there
will be no place to stand in this society. You cannot deny the fact that other
pleasures of life can be filled by having enough money to spare. There was a
survey that conducted by the Seoul National University, with 1000 wealthy people
as respondents. The purpose of the survey was to find the relationship between
wealth and knowledge of economics. The majority of respondents replied that
they had taken at least one course about economics. An overwhelming 80% of
respondents said that economic courses were very useful for me to make my money
proliferate. This survey proves that wealthy people have a positive view of
taking economic courses.
To sum up,
taking into consideration the significance of a variety of knowledge and one’s
future wealthy life, learning fundamental economics in high school is
necessary. In this regard, I firmly hold that it is better to study basic
economics for high school students. |