Author: Brandon Fuentes

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In the summer, people’s laughter and enjoyment can be heard on the beach as they bask in the sun’s gleaming rays.

Others find it to be they’re place of peace, using the shade of hats or umbrellas to drift away into a quiet slumber.

But too some that may not be they’re forte, preferring the vistas seen while riding a tramway.

Regardless of the occasion, a single person’s desires can be shattered once duty calls, thus becoming a number 1 priority.

As is the way of things, life forever moves forward with time as it’s only friend.

Regardless of the circumstance, the birth of a newborn in a hospital or the sprouting of a new orange tree, life forever moves forward.

Though as unwavering the stride of life may be, one must hold onto life in one hand with a firm grip, being focused on navigating successfully through this cactus of a world, and the other hand open to the different opportunities and joys such world has to offer.

In the end, this world is like a regenerating loaf of bread situated on an even changing desert Island called “life”, and we are like octopuses, even clinging onto life while simultaneously grabbing slices of this world for us to enjoy.

For my opinion piece, my topic of choice the learning of economics, more specifically addressing the need for finance to have a spot in general education and taught alongside subjects like English and mathematics which I believe is just as important to learn as those two are.

To give some context on the matter, my high school had this college now program that offered an extra class a student can take for college credits, and one such class was an economics class. Initially I was quite interested and intrigued to take this class in order to understand financial management, and at the beginning it was such a class where there were discussions of a five-year plan, inflation and other topics regarding personal finances. That was until the covid-pandemic hit which changed the curriculum to economic history, which was nice, but ultimately not something I found as interesting compared to what we were learning pre-covid. Much time later nearing the end of my senior year (during May if my memory serves me right), my government class shifted gears towards an economic unit utilizing an education program called Everfi. This program was actually quite informative with the fundamentals of how to manage your finances, even going as far as explaining what credit is, how to generate interest and other things that involved money. That being said though, the unit was quite short, and we ultimately finished the program within half of the month.

To that end, my whole experience can be summed up to just that, being taught a small chunk of how finance works and then moving on from the subject subsequently leaving me wanting to understand more about finance. So, I was thinking why not bundle finance into general education, that way students aren’t getting short ended with such a topic that could potentially serve them well outside of the classroom just like English and math.

Now I’ve been looking into a few articles so far with nothing solid yet, but I’m quite sure I know what I’m looking for in terms of articles, mainly ones that support my idea showing how students utilized what they learned in finance out in real life situations in part to taking the class.