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Financial Literacy

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  My Experience. Numbers have always played a big role in my life, but never in a finance way, just simple plain mathematics. The only type of “financial literacy” I got in elementary or middle school was a quarter was 25 cents, a dime was 10 cents, a nickel was 5 cents, and a penny was a cent. Outside of school, most of my family weren’t financially literate either, just my grandfather. He would just tell me to be smart with my money, but as someone as young as I was, I didn’t understand what that really meant.  High School. In my high school, we had these rotational classes, meaning each marking period there was a different class to try to teach us about finance, careers, etc. Freshman year the class I took that could’ve possibly taught me anything about financial literacy would be my consumer math class. The issue with that class was the teacher didn’t even look like she wanted to teach it. She would just give us assignments on finance, but didn’t really explain it. If she ...

Is Fast Food the New Tobacco?

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Fast Food vs Tobacco? When you see this topic, you may think, are we comparing fast food to tobacco or vice versa? Are we trying to see which one is better for you? Should we eat fast food instead of smoking or smoke instead of eating fast food? Should we do both? I thought the same thing. This topic is about the advertisement and marketing of fast food, and if it's the new "it" item as tobacco once was. Now, whether it is or not, since fast food is connected in some way to obesity, is that a personal or governmental issue? What do I think?  I think that what you choose to eat is a personal choice and the government should have no say in what you eat, but at the same time people should not be penalized for their health issues.      Fast food companies, such as McDonald's, Burger King, Taco Bell, Chick-fil-a, and many others may do a lot of different marketing strategies to attract customers, but how else are they supposed to run their business? To keep their business...

Pop Culture: Good or Bad?

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Pop Culture. Is pop culture good for you? Now, that’s a hard question to answer because just like many other things, there are pros and cons to pop culture. It is an extremely controversial topic. It can be so wildly helpful and harming at the same time for the human race or society as a whole.   Pros. Growing up as a Gen Z child, pop culture was all around me. Most people are glued to their phones checking on the latest gossip/news, watching the most recent viral video, binge watching Netflix, etc. That’s where the pros of pop culture come in because most people no longer want to go get a newspaper, since world news are just there right at our fingertips. People can see worldwide issues all in one device and in my opinion, faster action can be done towards it. With the click of a button, your news can be shared a million miles away. Pop culture doesn’t only have to do with the younger generation anymore, as older people are also on the space. It is a free space to speak your mind ...

My Story with Literacy

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Reading and writing, but also comprehending it at the same time is extremely essential for everyday life, no matter the circumstance. My mom made sure I knew that starting at a young age. In our old apartment, she had posters everywhere containing letters and words. Every day and night, she'd ask me,"What letter is that,” or “What does that word say?" She also had so many bookshelves and cartons of books, so every night she'd read me a book and tell me to repeat what she was saying. I felt encouraged because she'd always be patient and take me step by step. Once I started reading, I loved to do it. I remember the exact moment I learned to read for the first time. I was four years old waiting for my mom at bed time. I grabbed a new book she bought. She was taking a long time to come to the room, so I opened the book and started sounding out words. When she came to the room, I told her I was going to read that night and that’s exactly what I did. After that, I ...