What's the best thing you've ever learned at school?

Whether it was a life lesson or a specific fact - what's been the best thing you've ever learned at school?

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Reply 1

Caedus

That Swaziland is indeed a real place.

Reply 2

Masoudy

"I don't wanna bring up this topic but ask me about it in class"

Reply 3

username904959

How important it is to work hard, and to have friends to support you when it gets difficult.

Or that languages are not useless subjects.

Either that or how do write a damn good essay analysing the causes of rebellion under the Tudors.

Reply 4

cdude

That the education system is messed up.

Reply 5

MidnightDream

'Don't overheat ethanol it's flammable', worst practical lesson of my life :laugh:

Reply 6

Serendipitee

To be perfectly honest, I'd say my social skills. I was lucky enough to go to a huge school, and this definitely helped me develop a better sense of identity (relative to others, too) because it meant I could "find my place."

Reply 7

dkdeath

Life doesn't owe you anything, you aren't entitled to reason, happiness, meaning because you exist. As a human, reality is a stack of abstractions, conciousness a freewill is a mere illusion of this abstraction.

Reply 8

MASTER265

Sri Lankans have names as long as a train

Reply 9

yo radical one

Mainly that if you are around people who matter, (i.e. future career, women you like) conduct yourself like some kind of noble prince and people will think a lot of you, even if you end up seeming distant and removed from them.

Reply 10

SecretDuck

Even if you stand out from the crowd, if you're confident, people are less likely to bat an eyelid on the differences. :smile:

Reply 11

Damask-

I was bullied pretty awfully, and I remember my science teacher pulling me aside in secondary school and saying "they'll realise how much of a mistake they made when you're at university and they can't even get a minimum wage job, then suddenly they'll act like you were friends all along."

It still sucked at the time but that stuck with me, and he was right.

Reply 12

JTR__

Original post by MidnightDream

'Don't overheat ethanol it's flammable', worst practical lesson of my life :laugh:

Got a better one- whilst standing holding a test tube full of blue raging fire 'oh yeah, imflammable is not the opposite of flammable; it's the same thing!'