Topic 4: Where Choices Lead

  Some of the opportunity costs I have foregone to come into PAS, would be going to an International School in Taipei, where I live, so I don't have to live in this unfamiliar city at the time. In Taipei, the kids in the schools would have been possibly more Americanized than kids in this school. The opportunity costs of coming into this class would be a period of study hall that I would kill to have, since my amount of homework has built up quite alot throughout this year. The extra period of study hall would be really beneficial for my sleeping time at home later, but I chose the better choice of taking this class in which I learn what I would possibly major in, which is Business related majors. I believe that in regards to the PAS question, I believe that my parents actually did the most rational choice possible. Before, in my old school, I use to barely study, and as I progress in PAS, the older I got, the more I studied. If I were to go into an International School in Taipei, I would believe that I would not be as academic oriented, and I would not care about my future college as much. I believe the benefits definitely outweight the cost, as afterall, studying as a diligent boy would be the right thing to do after all, this school actually has made me more mature than I was at the time. If I did have total control of my life, I would have definitely chosen the Taipei school as it is closer to my house, and I would find alot more friends with common interests there. But at the end of the day, the cost of living outside, not having more friends with the same interest, still gets outweighted by the fact that I am studying and actually minding my academic records more than before, I turned into a more active learner and participant of the school community more