My area of study at Manchester University is currently undecided. Because of this, I decided to create a course that could apply to all majors. Commonly, in high school, many teenagers complain that school doesn’t teach them what they need to know. Teens don’t learn about taxes and how to file them, or how a mortgage works, or how to balance a budget. There are various more things that teens would need to know upon entering the real world. In order to help these people out, I would compose a course made up of all those essential life things that teens don’t officially learn. If I could design a course at Manchester University, it would be Real Life 101 and it would be divided into three portions, covering money, people/relationships, and things/stuff.
This course would have multiple helpful things in it. The first portion of this class would be money-based. It would go through a paycheck and the various taxes that get taken out of it. Then, while we are going through the paycheck we will also go through how to do taxes, both individually and through a company. Then, it would go over the various options for housing after graduation. Students would learn exactly how a mortgage works and the difference between that and renting a place. They will also learn about apartments versus duplexes versus condos versus houses and so on. The students will learn about real estate and the housing market. The next thing students would learn would be how to shop and how to use the things they buy so as to get the most out of their money. Students could learn how to appropriately utilize their paychecks and discover how to use credit cards, student loans, car loans, and other types of money borrowing. Saving would be the last portion of the money section of this class. Saving for big purchases, retirement, and children’s college is extremely important and many people have no clue how to successfully do this. Finally, it would cover a budgeting activity, including a job (possibly pertaining to a major), a mortgage, and loan returns, among other things learned throughout the year thus
It goes over many different topics of things such as money, family, and general important things to know. The money portion would deal with things like saving, spending appropriately, and borrowing. The family/relationship portion would deal with all kinds of things from family and friends to marriage and children to old age and death. The other almost miscellaneous portion goes over things like house care, pet care, and vehicle care. Students would be able to suggest other things they want to learn along the way as well as learning what is already thrown at them. The course I would create at Manchester University would be thus: Real Life
Clearly, all students should learn the basic things that every adult should know throughout their life. A majority of students have to go through real world situations on their own, and they though...
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Once high school ends, most students progress to college after a year or two from graduation. Due to all of the expenses for textbooks and etc., the student might realize that they don’t comprehend what to conserve or spend their money on to get through their years of college which will leave them clueless on what to do next. With situations like this that might occur, all high school students should take a financial literacy class as part of the mandatory course in order to get a diploma. With a numerous amount of students not having enough knowledge about how to manage their money carefully, presumably they’ll have trouble living their life as an adult. Taking a financial literacy class would help students stay out of debt, they’ll be prepared for their future, and they would recognize the discrepancies between wants and needs.
The main concerns for most people, especially parents, are what can the students learn from the classes and how can they apply it to their lives. In some cases, people feel as though new methods of teaching the subject would bring better results, such as lower t...
James Scurlock strongly emphasizes this problem throughout the whole documentary. Students, ranging in ages from 18-22 primarily, are young, and naive. They are out from under their parent’s rule and free to make decisions on their own. This means that many are going to take certain steps necessar...
As a college freshman, I was worried about so many things coming into college. The biggest and most important thing was how to actually succeed in college. This course has helped me tremendously with succeeding in college. Throughout this semester, we have gone through multiple topics to help us succeed in college. The topics range from effective note taking, caring for yourself, how to succeed in college, understanding who you are, and also to planning your priorities. From taking this class, I have learned many strategies that helped me understand who I am as a person, how to take effective notes, and how to plan my time.
Students go to college in search of knowledge, a new lifestyle, and the hope of a job after graduation. For many young adults, college is a rite of passage into an independent, mature new lifestyle. Not only is higher education a rite of passage, for some, it is also an opportunity to have a better life. Overall, college is a wonderful part of many people’s lives, yet the way the college education system is conducted wastes students time and money. College is basically composed of two parts: general education classes and major specific classes. General education courses are the source of wasted time and money, and should not be required of students. A few of the problems associated with general education classes are that they are basically a repeat of high school, unfortunately they can be the demise of students, they are costly, and they waste time.
Tagg, John. “Why Learn? What We May Really Be Teaching Students.” About Campus. 2004. Print.
Imagine walking down the hall of a crowded high school. Most of the students there do not envision how well school prepares them for college. Teenagers have few cares in the world! A vast majority takes the bare minimum amount of courses needed to fulfill school requirements. These graduation prerequisites usually do not come close to adequate, and rarely exceed sufficiency. Should high schools change current curriculum to better prepare students for college? The answer is simply, "yes." Consideration of why and how holds the key to solving America's problem.
the core classes. This would save funding for the university because they would not have to teach redundant classes that only review what a student knows.
When I was a freshman in college, I started my first semester with four basic classes, English, algebra, chemistry, and developmental psychology. Back then I did not see the significance of those classes other than the fact that I had to take them to meet general education requirements. I knew that the purpose of general education was to create a well-rounded student with a variety of skills and knowledge, but I did not understand why a nurse would need to know how to write a five page paper on the Arab Spring. Fast forward to my last semester of college and more importantly nursing school, where for the first time I am realizing how important those courses were for my nursing school career.
Within recent decades, college has become a more easily available path than it has been for the past generations. In a current news release, The Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that, “Of the 2.9 million youth age 16 to 24 who graduated from high school between January and October 2014, about 68.4 percent were enrolled in college in October” (BLS Economic News Release from April 2015). When a student graduates high school, most of them intend to continue on to college. They have the idea that, while there, they can break away from all the general classes and just focus on what they want to learn. However, for almost all students, they find that this is not the reality. Just like high school, they find that they have to take approximately two years in general studies in order to attend and graduate with the major of their choice. General education classes should not be required because a majority of the information learned has already been covered in past years. Most of the courses do not benefit a student 's major, and the total amount of required hours for these classes can become a big waste of time and money.
Numerous amounts of people have financial problems when they get out of high school, so what should the school board do? In 2007, thirty-four out of fifty states have personal finance courses in their curriculum (Bernard 4). A financial literacy course seems to be what a majority of states are doing. Financial literacy courses have their pros and their cons just like everything else. Financial literacy courses bring up some very important questions.
The next generation of young adults is not being taught the important life skills needed to thrive in today’s world. Adults who have never had to challenge themselves are not going up the ladder of success. Dr. Whelan, a sociologist who has taught at many universities, has three books, and several notable achievements wrote the article, “Helping first year students help them...
Personal Finance is a class I’ve wanted to take for a while now. My major is Finance not because I want a career in finance but more to learn about finance for my own personal situation. This class taught me so much! During this class I was able to evaluate my financial situation and set financial goals for myself. The four topics that helped me the most were emergency savings, buying a car, purchasing a home, retirement, and estate planning. After completing this class I have a better understanding of these topics and how to achieve my financial goals.