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In Ancient Mesopotamia before there was a currency system, they traded primarily with barley. It is surreal to think how much a thin piece of paper (money) can represent. A green rectangle that weighs way less than a pound can be worth a lot, even a deciding factor in a life or death situation. How did mathematics figure out math and numbers, let alone words? It is fascinating to ponder what subjects we learn in school are “most important.” History is important because it gives us an opportunity to view patters, figure out what did and did not work, and learn about our ancestors in order to ready ourselves for the future. Math is extremely essential because it correlates with science and art as well. Math is a skill that will be used a lot considering all of life’s “transactions” that are thrown at us. Math is integrated into art because of the measurements and the mathematic mind set that is needed for some steps of an art project as well as graphs, statistics, and numbers that we use for science. Language is both hard to learn, but is also considered a leisure activity. Language is vital to learn because of the business department, but also because we need to expand our cultural knowledge and we should ideally have the ability to communicate with people unlike us who have different native tongues. Science is key because the world we live in is almost like one giant science experiment. In other words, we should truly know why certain things happen in the environment which we are surrounded and enraptured in everyday. Humans interact with the environment on a daily basis and we help sustain each other, which is why science is a very pertinent and useful thing to study. One might argue that a student will study super hard and devote all of their time and effort for an algebra test, then ace it, and forget it a week later. This makes me wonder which subjects are really important and will benefit me in the long run. Humans are ever changing and the world in which we live in is ever changing. Who can control that?
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