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Think of a good or service you, your family, or your school wants to purchas. Write a paragraph analyzing the costs and benefits of the investment. In your essay, identify how the item will be used, its cost, what resources are available to spend on it, what sacrifices will have to be made to purchase it, the risks of the purchase, and the potential benefits

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Answer: Currently, our education system often focuses on a narrow sliver of children’s cognitive development with an emphasis on transmitting content knowledge, often to be memorized and repeated in the same form it was received. Lessons in math, science, and reading—and tests in those skills—dominate the curriculum.

While those subjects are fundamental, learning involves far more than merely acquiring inert knowledge in algebra or chemistry. Such a narrow focus gives short shrift to the ways that children need to grow and learn in their relationships, identity, emotional understanding, and overall well-being. After all, children are multi-dimensional “whole” beings whose development is complex and rich.

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