Reading unwillingly for exams, going through the lecture notes and also struggling in the subjects you don't particularly like but then again, mom dad and everyone always pressurizes you to learn, to complete your basic education splendidly and expect from you to perform. At times, you really think : "do I even need this?" Can't I just pursue my passion all day and make my dreams come true? I beg you to don't be harsh on yourself and read my points about the topic. Maybe you will start thinking differently and will cherish studying with these points in mind.

A subject wise approach :

Why basic math?

Let's start with crypto currencies only. There is a good amount of data visualization in reading the trend of a particular crypto say BCH or any other. Be them bar graphs or pie charts, you come across them very often. And if you wanna dig deeper into how to earn using trading and all, you need to have a basic and firm understanding of figures.

Now explaining it on a bit more relatable level, imagine getting stuck in a situation when you can't even figure out a basic calculation at a general store while buying something or your kid asks you something and you feel helpless and search through google to come up with an answer. Some times, it can get really hard to know how much is 9 times 19 when you don't know how to multiply or add and don't have a calculator handy. You have to be crisp at basic calculation for sure or anyone can fool you easily. Also, knowing math builds a logical temperament which helps us many fields which we pursue in future like computer science, mechanical engineering, aerospace, stats and many others. Only if you know basics, you can aim for really big things or do your small things correctly like making a excel sheet for budget tracking for your household expense etc.

Learning it properly, you will know about the amazing theorems and equations, curves used to provide a structure and proof to every single observation in universe. The beauty of math is in the undeniable proof it presents for the unexplainable theories.

Why literature?

It will help you to have a good grasp of the language it's in and also the culture it is based upon. Imagine falling in love with the masterpieces and tidbits of writing or reading, in that case you can pursue any of those activities as full time job in the future or as a hobby that pays of like all of us here who are making crypto while blogging. In India, there are many regional languages but learning English is a major focus and all the school run in English medium. It's through literature and grammar only that we learn English and it really helps a lot at its a globally accepted language of exchange. Those who don't focus on literature usually are underconfident to write or read and it comes up as a shortcoming in long run, they can't present themselves at interviews or speeches and thus others gain upper hand even after having less skills. Imagine me writing a blog in Hindi, those few people who read my blog will stop doing it too. I love Hindi and enjoy its literature too but English helps me connect to a bigger world out there so give good importance to literature.

Why Science?

We are really nothing without science. It teaches us so much about this universe in totality. Starting from our own body(anatomy), cellular combination to the entire milky way and way beyond, it never stops to amaze us. You would be so unaware of surroundings and why things are happening the way they are if you don't know basic science. I am not telling you to be a physicist or chemist or for that matter a biologist, but there is no harm in knowing that "we inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide" and maybe, one day it will explain it to you, why a patient on ventilator is having a cup on his nose which is connected to a cylinder.

Gravity, electricity, mechanics, avionics, flora and fauna, animal kingdom, human body and study of many other basic to ultra complex things falls under this subject and who knows maybe you will take great interest in it and become really successful at reasoning things and making it a fulltime job. Try it for general understanding's sake. Imagine not knowing the reason for why you sweat while run, why you eat or drink, why you sleep, why you feel tired after walking or running and endless other why are there for you to explore. Just so you know, math is the language of science, particularly physics.

Additional subjects at school :

You must be having many other subjects like art, physical education, psychology, home sciences as additional subjects and aren't interested in them. These are actually other opportunities for you to make a future for yourself. If you pursue and try them and not like, it's understandable but if you give up before even trying, you might lose a very big chance to add some skills to your portfolio. Art can be an intrinsic ability in you, likeness towards big artists of all times : Leonardo Da Vinci(famous for monallisa), Michelangelo, Pablo Picaso might become your thing and will take you to really different level of understanding of this world. You will know your body in physical training and it's strength may impress you to achieve great feats like renowned sportsmen all over globe : Cristiano Ronaldo, Virat Kohli, Usain Bolt and many others.

Some general use cases of elementary education in day to day lives :

• Imagine having a communication gap between you and your off springs regarding their education as you can't even understand what they are learning in small age and now they don't share it with you.

• Not knowing how to read in global language of exchange and losing chance to get connected to world out there who have many answers regarding your day to queries on subject matters or general life. Though you can search many things on google in different languages but what about talking to a person who can't understand you.

• I know many people who wanna know crypto and invest but can't understand it because of absent general understanding of how it works even after exploring it because of lack of basic knowledge.

• Underconfident in public speaking be them speeches, introduction or interviews because of lack of power of expression risen due to ill knowledge of language.

• Not knowing the basic unit of measurements and hence unable to imagine a certain length when told of.

• There are a whole lot of people who know they can do the work only if they know the basic skill like a person willing to be a stenographer but doesn't even know the basic alphabets or numerals, a person willing to be a blogger but lacking writing abilities, a person willing to be a engineer but never shown interest in math or science class.

• One can't even read a google map if they don't know how to give input to it or understand what it shows after feeding input in.

• Investing foolhardily by trusting others as they can't themselves figure out how things work and then getting fooled by the other person when he cuts commission on returns without even letting them know.

• Imagine not knowing to fill a general form of withdrawal at bank because of unfamiliarity with formal language of exchange being taught from kindergarten only at schools.

There are million other instances to explain my point but I will stop here. Elementary education can itself earn you money which is a very important necessity to live and prosper in present times. Education gives you power to explore, read, figure things out and implement which makes you an asset and of course, marks your contribution for a greater good. It is like a must have weapon at least to know the world and choose your role in it.

Feel free to choose your own way to attain it, be it school or mobile phones which everyone has these days or a mentor if you can find one but it's pretty easy to gain it these days, millions of programs are there which even provide free education to under privileged by govt. of different countries across globe .

Basic education is really a key to your own expedition in this world, a vast ocean of opportunities.

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