Opportunity Cost

A while ago in Econ, we were talking about Opportunity Cost – how every choice you make incurs a cost in all the things you can’t do.

Often, and more – recently, because of break – I’ve wondered about the opportunity cost of what I have choosen to pursue in high school. Right now I am a high school junior; so, 3/4 way through or will be anyways. I’ve pursued academics for the last three years, enrolling myself in math team, debate, and speech and a myraid of minor, nerdy, academic things. The cost of this has been the drugs, sex, and whatever else that belongs to the high school stereotype.

And every time I wondered if Academics was the right thing to pursue – I’ve always come to the conclusion: Hell YES. I am glad I don’t fall neatly into the typical archetype of the teenager. The freedom to pursue my own interests at the cost of slight social alienation always outweighs.

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The Appeal of Competitive Mathematics

I have a math meet coming up tomorrow. I haven’t done much in terms of preparation directly for the contest, but I’ve managed to do a bit of math for at least a few hours a week. Why would I spend several hours a week doing math, a subject abhored by much of the general populace?

The answer is hedonism.

 There is great pleasure to be gained from solving a problem, directly proportional to the difficulty and insight required of the problem. When Andrew wiles solved fermat’s last theorem, he cried. As someone who has spent hours on math problems, I can understand the excitment he must have felt. I don’t pretend or hope that I shall ever achieve his greatness, but I try to understand his struggle with what I do every day.

 

And with that, I must go to sleep. 

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