8 Essential Skills They Didn't Teach You In School

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marie_301632 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:00:20 GMT

I don't see what good it does to read financial statements when the numbers on them are all lies.

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kurt_nielsen — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:27:22 GMT

On a basic level it all comes down to resources, how much of a friend you can be, how much you go out your way to help others, how much trust worthy you are, it's what you know and how you present yourself, are you funny? do you have all the best of everything? the gags, the style, information, trust, time etc. But one other thing which is strange, your not supposed to out do your friends or say you do, it is almost like blind love lol The best of friendship is basically all the top traits that make a good personality.

The Music you listen to can be the source of your neuro networked mind/personality, it's like software for the brain providing emotional perameters. Music or sound is the 2nd stage future of health. it repairs DNA (528hz) , it can regrow teeth (ultrasound), it can increase IQ (studies from the Mozart Effect) , some now burried studies show that it can destroy cancer cells because they can't adapt to scales changing and explode.

A bit off topic here but I conclude the importance of shifting our focus on the music we choose for our health & lifestyle:

Why are we having more diseases? perhaps because CD's limited sound resolution to only basic hearing range when the now new audio format (DVD-Audio) will provide beyond human hearing up to 40,000 khz (with speakers that have the same frequency range) Many of us are only exposing our ears to sound using headphones when in fact the whole body needs it! Of all the statements I made, if your looking for proof just google it.

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Elsa — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:49:26 GMT

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Maybe the thing I share most with Mercola is the strong impulse to share what I've found - so I'm a teacher.

This is the first time I've taken the time to respond because this was just such an amazing collection of information. Thank you, Joseph. For sharing and for creating an amazing site with huge traffic that gets lots of your message out.

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foxe — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:55:24 GMT

Thanks for your article.

Publish it frequently, it's important.

I went to private schools, I was taught how to say, bon jour mademoiselle, commen't talez vous aujourdiui" and to leave space for my angels wings not to be crushed, but not much of what you

describe in your article.

PLEASSSSEE, publish it frequently!!! It's an excellent list, next publish another one.

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TWS500 — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:37:00 GMT

How to sort through all the crap that one comes across in daily life to find the best and discard the junk...

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Wizdum — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:23:17 GMT

I went to all private christian schools, I did not learn any of the above things and even Christian History and what Jesus taught was distorted. All other religions were greatly distorted. I was taught to respect my country and that is highly questionable. I was, however, taught the scientific method, and logic, and how to break down problems and analyze them for myself. This, and a lot of reading in mysticism, has saved me. Now I understand how bad the world really is and why.

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Julieanne — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:02:40 GMT

One really important thing left off the list is critical thinking. Kids should be taught to question, question, question.

Most of the 'facts' I was taught in school (admittedly a long time ago!) are now way out of date and completely useless. Teach children to think for themselves and work things out.

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lovechubb — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:11:25 GMT

High skool gave me the giggles with the lack of learning going on.

In government and Economics during my senior year of high skool the teacher would spend a majority of the time bragging about her daughter who just got THEE JOB driving the Oscar meyer weiner truck around the country.,,

no joke... its the most information i really consciously recall getting from that class. We each received a Weiny whistle and the only forms we ever looked at was a tax form. :)

hmmm....

Look at skools in various neighborhoods too. There is a Clear and Huge difference in the methods used to educate people depending on the careers of their parents. Rich people go to rich people skools...and even the public skools have their 'class system'.... how can we stop this unfair hierarchy of priveledge?...i guess give everyone the best quality of life possible.~

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Dr Mom Online — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:20:32 GMT

If I could find more teachers like ctag I might have kept our kids in school!

I think this is a great list also. My 'formal' education provided about 20% of it... the rest came as a result of many seminars and additional courses over the past 15 years since graduation.

It's OK though... I love being a student for life!

(I just wish someone would have taught me "righty-tighty - lefty-loosey" MUCH earlier!!! lol!)

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HealingMindN — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:48:35 GMT

I recall joining the "Business Club" in high school for the sole purpose of learning and applying the above skills. The only productive thing the club would do is join forces with other clubs to make money on selling candy to other students.

Then we'd talk about how to spend the money for "today's pleasure" rather than learn how to apply it wisely for future investment. The "teacher" who was head of this club would only observe. She didn't interject herself among the mindless banter of kids who didn't want to leave any money for the next business club members. Then my parents would complain to me that I didn't learn anything from school.

Unfortunately, a lot of that philosophy has carried over to today's kids wherein they really don't care much about these life skills or future generations; it's not that they don't care. It's because they see that the adults don't care, so they're just following adult examples.

We can complain all we want about this situation, but what really matters is setting proper example for the kids - as indicated by Robert Kiyosaki. Think and act for the future, so your kids can follow in kind.

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curious7 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:42:20 GMT

You see this is dare I say the nuts and bolts of life. Many schools have killed vocational classes, ie., shop, woodworking, mechanics, CAD, tayloring, etc. College is not made for everyone, and in order to be a well functioning society, we need to get back to the basics. We need to teach the basics in our schools, ans we need to start by getting those people off our school boards who have made being there a career.

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david — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:03:42 GMT

money money money.....

I don't suppose that in most educational systems/establishments there is any chance of teaching kids the far more important things?...like... how to become empathic, caring, understanding of nature, how to grow, prepare and cook REAL food, nutrition, anatomy and physiology,responsibility for their health and wellness,naturapathic ways, holistic approaches.

No?...silly me.

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regis leo — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:52:39 GMT

Photoreading is a lesser spin-off from the original developer, Subliminal Dynamics, now also called Brain Management: www.subdyn.com/ and www.subdyn.com/subdyn.html

Even severely dyslexic (and apparently also near-blind people) can practice this technique and get information from the printed word.

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ctaj — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:56:53 GMT

Dr. Mercola,

You are duly welcome to come visit my classroom anytime. Just sign in at the office. In my classroom, you will see children working on negotiation skills (finding a place to sit - no assigned seats in my room, using classroom materials first/second, etc.), money management/savings (earning points to "buy" something out of the class basket) and goal-setting (what skills - behavioral and academic - they're willing to work on for the week and how they will achieve it, plus - bonus! - self-evaluation of goal at the end of the week). What I will not teach is how to read a bank statement because the only ones I have access to are my own and since I know how to manage my money, I am a comfortable (financially-speaking) teacher. I'm not willing to share my personal numbers with my students. This is a PARENT obligation and there are plenty of places to learn (community colleges and library programs). Since most teachers ARE poor, they could teach it pretty darn well as we need to manage our money very, very carefully.

Dr. Mercola, usually you are right on the mark. I suppose, generally speaking, this article is correct. However, not all teachers run around like robots. Some of us use our own brains and teach what's necessary, not necessarily what we're told to teach. It's a dangerous line to walk, but it's worth the gamble.

See you in my classroom!

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daltongirl — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMT

All definetely essential life tools. Many graduating from High School today, do not know how to balance a check book.

When I was in school we had a class which was called "Civics". To the best of my memory, it taught most of what is in this article.

Sad to say and watch, but via working in customer service for 30 years I have witnessed way too many young adults who can not count back change when the power fails or the computerized register freezes up. I've seen this happen, and it is dramatized as being a time to close the business for the day without the use of this "specialized cash register".