Josiah Chan
1. Staying Informed And Stronger Critical Thinking
Picking Biology for your Science course is a great choice! This course helps students be more aware and understanding towards more complex diseases, vaccines and also the rise and declines of populations. This course also helps future-adults to be able to recognize fake biology information from the real, scientifically proven ones. In terms of learning skills, Palmer Secondary’s Biology courses provide students with many opportunities to grow their critical thinking skills through complex questions, as well as increase curiosity within students to build up their own knowledge.
3. Understand Health Style Choices
When students take Biology, they might decide “This is not for me”, but this article explains why students should continue taking their Biology course! Sure, it might not help you gain money or experience, but it can improve your hygiene and health habits! Biology can help one understand their body systems and also eat more nutritious foods (Like fruits and vegetables)! Taking Biology can also help spot misinformation and incorrect health tips, possibly saving you from causing more harm to him/herself. Finally, Biology gives facts like how doing drugs, alcohol, or smoking can harm a person. This can deter the person from planning to “try” those substances.
2. Lots Of Work Choices
One of the most common ways Biology can help high school students is by providing insight into what their future career can hold and or also showing students different options in the scientific workforce they could be in the future. There are over 30 fields of work a student can take just from learning Biology! For example, students can become a doctor or a nurse working in the healthcare sector. A doctor can earn an average of roughly 178 - 227 thousand a year, and a nurse can earn about 83 - 114 thousand a year. Don’t want to work in the Healthcare industry? Another option is the Biotechnical sector! A Biotechnology technician can earn an estimate of 50 - 60 thousand a year. Although this seems low, keep in mind this is an early job and as your knowledge gets bigger, so will your pay!
Conclusion:
Ultimately, these are only a few of the many benefits of taking this course! Students taking this course can acquire skill that can also be used for other subjects as well! The critical thinking that you can gain from this course increases the overall thinking for students! More information can be found on the official Palmer Secondary School website! Biology is a very helpful subject for all types of students.
