Life, as we know, is pretty much the same for every child - s/he is sent to school and starts a long-term learning process. When we are young, we all take the same route of life; then that same route starts to gradually change as we grow older due to different choices in life.

Funny, isn't it? Funny how life can change so much over the years. Life as we know it is not the life we knew just five years ago. How is this, you ask? Life changes and so do other things around you. Things have moved forward at a relatively fast pace and, sadly enough, life has become very rushed. Eat - sleep - work/school - repeat. Or so quite a bit of people tell me. As life rushes on, our lives change and so do the things around us, which tends to make us aware of certain things. What am I on about? What I am on about is that we are likely to broaden our knowledge as we grow older. In my life, the word currency has two meanings - money used in a particular country, such as the dollar, and the second meaning being knowledge - what we know.

It is easy to say that knowledge can be classified on the same level of currency, but I think otherwise - society is changing and culture is taking its toll, so I tend to think that knowledge has a class of its own in this context. Most of the time, it can be more powerful than currency is and ever will be. I think that we all acquire a different level of knowledge as we grow older, some of us more than others. Why? Because it depends on one's background of education, though this is not always the case. I say this because school and beyond plays a big role in our lives and it is this way than one can expand their knowledge and also by reading books. This rushed life has made it almost impossible for me to just grab a book and read it, but I still find time to  read- it's all about time management, isn't it? In today's world, money has taken over (but not in everyone's life). What I think is that some take for granted the fact that a person can be rich with both money and knowledge. How? Because without knowledge, the world cannot last. On the other hand, a lack of knowledge may lead to misinformation which leads to a gap in knowledge. A lack of knowledge can have serious repercussions. This is because when one is fairly knowledgeable, one can keep him/herself updated with the constant changes that are being made, which makes for a strong mind set which adapts well to today's effective changes in society One would think that without money, that person has nothing. In real fact, it is when one does not have a substantial amount of knowledge that one cannot really cope with life. Why is this so? Think of it this way; when someone robs you and everything is taken away from you, you end up with nothing, right? Indeed. Is something left? Yes, your knowledge. Nobody can take your knowledge away from you.

I feel that most of the time knowledge is taken for granted. Knowledge can often open quite a bit of doors than one can begin to imagine. A case in point is the internet. The internet has grown rapidly over the years and smartphones have made it simpler to log on to social media and other informative platforms, which is a plus in today's world. Let's face it, mobile phones have strengthened entire societies with knowledge and helped the world go round as much as money has and will hopefully close the social gap that we are experiencing in today's world.

It is interesting to note that for many years, we have seen poverty taking over in many countries, some more than others. What causes this is that after a country comes out of a credit crunch, it experiences a certain percentage of poverty. However, I believe that the only way of getting out of poverty is by educating oneself through free educational programmes that the country/region/locality offers. This is why I strongly believe that knowledge is the ultimate currency. Knowledge holds the key to diversity.

I have chosen a quote by Louis L'Amour that I think fits this argument best: "Knowledge is like money; to be of value it must circulate and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value."