Top things you might not be taught in school

Much of college gave me a bad taste for education. It made learning a real drag. I got through it to get the degree, but it wasn’t until after school that my education really began.

So what are the top skills that should be taught to every man, woman, and child who enters our education system?

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8 Essential Skills They Didn’t Teach You In School

smarter smarter - 3 months ago

 

  1. How to make people like you and network
  2. How to speed read and the power of audio books
  3. How to set goals and manage time
  4. How to read a financial statement
  5. How to negotiate, use contracts, and not get taken advantage of
  6. How to save and invest
  7. How to be successful in lif
  8. How to spread an idea and basic marketing

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Top 5 Things That Should Be Taught In Every School

smarter smarter - 3 months ago

#1. Personal Finance

#2. Communicating Effectively

#3. Social Skills

#4. Sales

#5: Time Management

+1. Health

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Top 10 Things They Never Taught Me in Design School

smarter smarter - 3 months ago

1. Talent is one-third of the success equation.

2. 95 percent of any creative profession is shit work.

3. If everything is equally important, then nothing is very important.

4. Don't over-think a problem.

5. Start with what you know; then remove the unknowns.

6. Don't forget your goal.

7. When you throw your weight around, you usually fall off balance.

8. The road to hell is paved with good intentions; or, no good deed goes unpunished.

9. It all comes down to output.

10. The rest of the world counts.

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Top 10 Things Not Taught in Engineering School

smarter smarter - 3 months ago

10. There are about 10 types of capacitors.

9. Theory tells you how a circuit works, not why it doesn't work.

8. Not everything works according to the specs in the databook.

7. Anything practical you learn will be obsolete before you use it, except the complex math, which you will never use.

6. Always try to fix the hardware with the software.

5. Engineering is like having an 8 a.m. class and a late afternoon lab every day for the rest of your life.

4. Overtime pay? What overtime pay?

3. Engineers rule the world until the next revision.

2. If you like junk food, caffeine, and all-nighters, then you should go into software.

1. Dilbert is a documentary.

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