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Why is financial literacy important? Money is not important; it is the value it has that makes it important. We give the money value by using it constantly. For example, when I go to the store to buy a bag and see a bag I like before I see that bag, other people have already seen the bag. If the bag was still there when I saw it in the store, it means that the people who saw it didn't have value for the bag, but now that I have seen the bag and liked it and am willing to buy it, I am giving the bag value. But before that, I must first decide things like whether I need it or want it, how long it will last, and whether I can afford to buy the product. Advantages and disadvantages of understanding and lack of understanding of money The advantages and disadvantages of understanding money are many and can be seen every day in our lives. For example, before going to college, I needed to pay and withdraw money from the bank multiple times. While doing that, I also needed to fill out my ta

People eating is not an issue. The issue is what they eat and how much they eat—in their case, fast food. The effect of eating a lot of fast food is obesity. There is an irony in this situation: “Before 1994, diabetes in children was generally caused by a genetic disorder; only about 5 percent of childhood cases were obesity-related, or Type 2 diabetes” (Zinczenko, 2002, p. 392). Now the question remains: if studies on obesity were done and the effects were known, why wasn’t it taken seriously, and why did the causes become the only option available? "Grew up as a typical mid-1980s latchkey kid. My parents were split up. Lunch and dinner were, for me, a daily choice between McDonald's, Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, or Pizza Hut. Should the obesity epidemic be a government or personal responsibility? Then and now were the only available options for an American kid to get an affordable meal. By age 15, I had packed 212 pounds of torpid teenage tallow on my once lanky 5-foot