“Financial education should replace literature in schools — Shakespeare doesn't pay bills”
Agree
- Financial illiteracy destroys more lives than ignorance
- School should prepare for real world survival
- Art doesn't matter when you're drowning debt
- Practical skills always trump abstract knowledge
Disagree
- Humanities make us human not robots
- Critical thinking transcends narrow utility
- Culture and meaning matter more than money
- Educated citizens need more than technical skills
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