As a very young child, I often desired to have everything that I found amusing; obviously, my parents couldn’t always afford my wish lists or everything I set my eyes on. This always got me frustrated because I thought that “money grew on trees” and my parents had no reason for not getting me what I wanted or “needed”. Don’t get me wrong or anything, when I behaved and did well in school my parents got me what I wanted to a certain extent. When I grew a little older I realized, that in fact money does not “grow on trees”. I learned that my dad couldn’t buy me everything, and I also reduced my wish list. Even after that I still didn’t completely understand expenses. I knew about tax and insurance expenses but the concept of it wasn’t completely clear to me. Thanks to the “Real Games” unit, I now thoroughly understand all the expenses of my household, it really makes me think twice before I ask my parents for anything now a days, considering the cost to live in peace and luxury is so high these days. In this essay, I will discuss my extensive journey through the Real Games unit and how it has matured me in such a short period of time, teaching me all the expenses to live and treating me as a real adult in a real world atmosphere.
In the Real Games unit, the career I was assigned was a Biomedical Engineer, sounds fancy huh? Well with the salary I was paid, an individual could really start living fancy. My gross monthly income is $6000.00 a month, with that salary; you could really live life without a worry. I work around 50 hours a week, which isn’t that bad. Although, I get 3 weeks of vacation time, which was a big bonus to me! I was greatly content due to the fact that I had a longer vacation than most of the people in my class. One of the best parts of my life is that I get to live with 3 good friends. In our middle sized apartment in east side Scarborough would live Abishan, Anzar, Arjun and I. The benefits of living with my friends is that I’ll