4 Things School Doesn’t Teach You (But Should)
You’ve seen the memes, the Tumblr posts, the tweets, and the remixes, but everyone knows that schools have taught us two things:
One: They really don’t teach us enough about life, the challenges we will face and how to face them (TAXES!).
Two: “The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell”.
As someone who left school only 2 years ago and is now a university student, it is my obligation to expose the education system for not teaching me that I don’t have to ask my lecturers permission to go to the bathroom…(shoutout to Tumblr.com for giving me life skills)
1. Actual Problem Solving
(When I asked my friends for ideas on this topic, almost all of them said this)
So we all know about Johnny and his 50 industrial sized packets of Cheetos, each containing about 3072 Cheetos each, and that he has approximately 153,600 Cheetos—but he also has a serious addiction problem. And Johnny is your best friend and roommate. How do you tell him he needs to get help, maybe make some changes in his life, for his own good? How do you tell him that the rent was due a month ago and you just aren’t as passionate about Cheetos as he is?
*Squints at the syllabus I studied*
I learned that honesty and straightforward communication might bring on uncomfortable conversations, but it’s better than…
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