One of the most astounding ironies I’ve learned in living in the land of the free is the relationship between money and education. Why is this ironic? Because there really is no relationship, and I think that is bizarre. I’ll put the two side by side in the fashion I like. Here goes.
Money: We use it every single day of our lives. It “makes the world go round”. It is the driving force behind arguably every decision to do with government, business, and household finance, and, to no exclusion, education. Money, and what it represents, has been the material glue to our expanding global culture. In its more modern form, money has played a role in every single person’s life in the entire world. There it is, it’s that simple.
Public Education: Not a single course about money. Math class taught the principles of counting money, but there was, and is, not one course in the public education system (in Canada or the U.S., as far as I know) that directs students to understanding how money works, where it comes from, its history, and its emphasis throughout our lives. Its importance is assumed, and that’s it.
So my question to you is - What do you think about a system that has built itself on the foundation of raising, educating, and informing our youth and helping them learn the skills they need to succeed in tomorrow’s world, while leaving absent an entire field of study about a subject that affects every single person throughout the entire world every day of our lives?
The next question to ponder is – why is this set up in place?
What is the purpose of pursuing an education system that excludes a field of study that involves a subject that includes everybody?
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