Journal #8470

Posted 10 years ago2014-11-20 05:51:30 UTC
I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.

Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones

6 Comments

Commented 10 years ago2014-11-20 08:46:26 UTC Comment #61641
No one will teach you something else than what they are forced to do.
It is very rare that an teacher/professor will share his personal experience and opinion.

Its the so called - British school system , that has nothing to do with you and all to do with your productivity for the country.

But even so, most professors I had were their own grown up adults and they felt a need that we learn at least the basics of what's mostly important.

If you want to be some one you must do it your self. And you don't need fame to feel successful, nor do you need to abandon some one just because you cant find the solution right away.
Commented 10 years ago2014-11-20 13:35:48 UTC Comment #61636
Family and friends take care of everything that's outside a book.
And in my opinion, one of the best things in life is learning by first hand experience.
Failing at something is the best way to learn, and anything self taught is best taught.
Commented 10 years ago2014-11-20 14:31:41 UTC Comment #61640
And school is not supposed to teach you that, because you just can't.
However life will, usually the hard way.
Commented 10 years ago2014-11-20 15:07:26 UTC Comment #61638
"Knowledge is hassle." - Karl Pilkington
Commented 10 years ago2014-11-21 07:49:58 UTC Comment #61639
School teaches you how to endure pointlessness. That's what this universe is made of. It also teaches basic algebra, the stuff video games are made of! Study hard, fuckers!
Commented 10 years ago2014-11-22 04:15:48 UTC Comment #61637
Algebra = Life
that's (seriously) the one subject you need to master

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