Is there anything you learned in school you still apply in daily life?

[Another Fan]

I think it’s safe to say the majority of people won’t use most math they learn in school in real life above Algebra.  Anything though you still use to this day?

 

For me it’s the No Free Lunch concept in basic economics.  Everything comes at a cost.  I still think this.

 

 

On another note another lesson was my 6th grade basketball coach in school.  He got really angry once at someone who he thought asked him a stupid question.  So when he calmed down more he didn’t actually apologize but he did say look in life there’s good and bad times to approach people.  Don’t do it when someone’s in a bad mood.

 

 

Even though I wound up leaving that team his advice still out almost 30 years later.  I think a lot of problems can be avoided if people just aren’t so abrupt a lot of times.  

[Fr. Jerk]

In 3rd grade I learned to cup water in my hands at the sink, then throw it over the stall onto friends as they #2'd. 

 

All these years later I still do it at rest stops on road trips. It's still 💯 x 1000 awesome, ya dig?

Edited 5 hours ago by Fr. Jerk

[Augie]

 

I think things like chemistry and algebra are the least important things you learn in school. You get exposed to a bit of everything to learn what you enjoy so you can decide what direction you’d like to go in life. But by far the most important things you learn are life skills. How to get along with other people, the good ones and the difficult ones. How to manage your time and meet deadlines. You learn about yourself and your priorities, and that’s important knowledge. 

 

I also learned that details matter. I remember an English class in middle school where the teacher wrote on the board:

 

“Let’s eat, Steve”

 

and

 

“Let’s eat Steve”

 

Details DO matter.  

 

[Fr. Jerk]

5 minutes ago, Augie said:

“Let’s eat, Steve”

 

and

 

“Let’s eat Steve”

 

Details DO matter.  

 

 

Should've used exclamation marks, ya dig?!

Edited 5 hours ago by Fr. Jerk

[Fleezoid]

Sleeping sitting up. 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Second grade: “Never Eat Shredded Wheat” for North, East, South, West. I use it every time I am getting onto a highway! 
 

Also, my 9th grade social studies teacher used to say: “excuses are the nails that build the house of failure.” Thats the only thing I remember from that class, and I still say that all the time! 

[Royale with Cheese]

5 minutes ago, Miyagi-Do Karate said:

Second grade: “Never Eat Shredded Wheat” for North, East, South, West. I use it every time I am getting onto a highway! 
 

Also, my 9th grade social studies teacher used to say: “excuses are the nails that build the house of failure.” Thats the only thing I remember from that class, and I still say that all the time! 

 

This needs to be recirculated.  

 

The excuses and victim mentality is running rampant now in the world.

 

Saw a video this morning of a guy that's been stealing Amazon packages from this house constantly.  The owner put an exploding device in the package.  It didn't damage him but hurt a little.  

He gets mad and starts yelling at the Ring Doorbell at the lady.

 

He said "You are going to hurt me over a package??  These colored pencils are only worth a few dollars and you're going to hurt me over it.  This is F'ed up.  I'm calling the cops."

 

 

[Fleezoid]

46 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

This needs to be recirculated.  

 

The excuses and victim mentality is running rampant now in the world.

 

Saw a video this morning of a guy that's been stealing Amazon packages from this house constantly.  The owner put an exploding device in the package.  It didn't damage him but hurt a little.  

He gets mad and starts yelling at the Ring Doorbell at the lady.

 

He said "You are going to hurt me over a package??  These colored pencils are only worth a few dollars and you're going to hurt me over it.  This is F'ed up.  I'm calling the cops."

 

 

 

Holy crap! The world is now a backwards sense of reality. Karma would be that guy getting run over by an Amazon truck. 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

58 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

This needs to be recirculated.  

 

The excuses and victim mentality is running rampant now in the world.

 

Saw a video this morning of a guy that's been stealing Amazon packages from this house constantly.  The owner put an exploding device in the package.  It didn't damage him but hurt a little.  

He gets mad and starts yelling at the Ring Doorbell at the lady.

 

He said "You are going to hurt me over a package??  These colored pencils are only worth a few dollars and you're going to hurt me over it.  This is F'ed up.  I'm calling the cops."

 

 

that is infuriating! 

[B-Man]

 

 

Never argue with nuns.

 

 

[Another Fan]

3 hours ago, Augie said:

 

I think things like chemistry and algebra are the least important things you learn in school. You get exposed to a bit of everything to learn what you enjoy so you can decide what direction you’d like to go in life. But by far the most important things you learn are life skills. How to get along with other people, the good ones and the difficult ones. How to manage your time and meet deadlines. You learn about yourself and your priorities, and that’s important knowledge. 

 

I also learned that details matter. I remember an English class in middle school where the teacher wrote on the board:

 

“Let’s eat, Steve”

 

and

 

“Let’s eat Steve”

 

Details DO matter.  

 

It’s funny my Chemistry teacher in high school was really the first person in my life to really sort of nudge me along.   She thought I could do better than getting a C in her class.

 

All these years later I remember next to none of her actual lessons.  But I still think of her when I need that extra push.

 

She seemed really tough at the time but now looking back not so much.  I still think of her when I might need that kind of kick in the backside at times.  

[CookieG]

Yeah, my high school had a strange tradition among the male athletes that we would walk around with our sneakers untied.  I never grew out of that.  

 

I've had enough people over the years tell me my shoes were untied but I've never tripped from it.

 

I bring it up because I was at a KC Royals game a week ago, talking to friends on the concourse by our seats.  An attractive hispanic woman in her early 20's was sitting in front of us and said, "sir, can I tie your shoe"?  I chuckled and was just getting out "no, I'm fine", she was out of her seat, bent down in front of me and tied my shoe.  Then smiled and sat back down. 

 

I told one of my friends "that's how I meet women".  He said, "I'll have to remember that one."  I said, "don't bother. Its the first time it happened in over 35 years. It doesn't work really well."

[sherpa]

When I graduated from college I was in a program that provided a few career alternatives.

One I was certain I could get through and get me to my ultimate goal.

The other was much higher wash out risk, and I wasn't sure I wanted to take the chance, as there was no turning back once you selected.

I was certain I was going to choose the more guaranteed path, but I talked to a respected faculty member and he told me to never choose the path of least resistance just because it was easier.

I chose the more difficult path, made it through, and it was among the three best decisions I ever made.