What is one thing School lied to you about?

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rosemilk · Accepted Answer

"you won't have a calculator with you all the time." then here comes smart phones...

"you'll have to be early to college classes, they won't wait for you." then here comes the professor, 10 minutes late...

this one doesn't relate to me, but it's something i've heard so much and a few of my friends are going through still: "go to college so you don't get stuck at working at mcdonalds." went to college, gets in crippling debt from student loans, can't find a job that uses your degree, have to work at low paying jobs just to live and to maybe pay off some of your debt

they also didn't teach us how to do our taxes, how to do basic life stuff like change a tire, you know... useful things we actually need to know. they omitted a few things from history or didn't teach them at all. all corrupt crap that only worked in the olden days. education needs a big BIG upgrade.

SeriouslyNotSerious · Accepted Answer

When my teachers in Elementary told us we cannot achieve anything in life without a diploma. 😶 That was very ignorant of them. It's like saying if we can't afford school, we are going nowhere.

Realizing it now, having skills, personality, and networking are also important. Not just the paper alone. I've had opportunities even without my degree, yet. 👍

Zenpanda · Accepted Answer

That a lot was important in adult life.
The liedetector revealed, that was a lie 😅
There is some stuff that is important for certain jobs. Not in general.
And some skills they just expect you to magically have when you finish.
They should teach more general practical skills.
Once you go into a certain career direction, then it's important to learn career specific skills.
I know they teach you a general basis for all kinds of things, but you won't use a lot of that stuff. It's wasted time.

SotiCoto · Accepted Answer

The only thing that comes to mind is when one of the maths teachers told me that very few people can just cruise through life without doing any work...
... except the boards of directors of every company on the planet match that description. There are loads of them.

Dinklex3 · Answer

That everyone from 4th grade up to adulthood writes in cursive and that print is unacceptable in the world.

MisterWack · Answer

“All of you will someday go to college and it will be 10x harder than what you are dealing with now. If you can’t survive highschool you won’t last.”

…

Not remotely true. However that is it, they didn’t tell lies to me honestly. The health advice was great, history lessons were truthful & fact driven, the grading structure seemed strong since I always followed the rules / got work done, general life advice which was meaningful, etc.

KostasKouvalis · Answer

The best one had to be when I went to a private Christian school in fifth grade. One of our text books actually said that Adam and Eve and Noah may have existed alongside dinosaurs. I told my parents that and they flipped out, especially my dad. My parents believe in God, but they believe in science more. They ended up pulling me from that school the following year

NathanDavis · Answer

I didn't allow school to interfere with my education...

Anonymous · Answer

Not having a calculator with you in the future. Wellp smartphones are one.

Needing a diploma-certificate to have a job. Wrong as hell, most companies here don't care about the paper but do care about your years of workexperience.

they told us teacher are much stricter at studies. Nope, some are so lax as heck, even younger than us or don't bother even teaching

Anonymous · Answer

everything that is being parroted by the political left and some from the political right but mainly in regards to who the allies and enemies were

dustybiker2 · Answer

Well the books came out of Texas... I have a long list.

docster · Answer

That it was important to know how to diagram sentences.

purplepoppy · Answer

You can be whatever you want to be. Apparently that doesn't include being a squirrel.

LiamJHayden · Answer

Without a degree you will be stuck in a low-paying job. My business generates far more for me than any degree would have, and I do not owe $100K+ in student loans.

IslaTheWitch · Answer

I wasn't a very studious person... most of the things I learned I forgot shortly after exams, so hard to say :D

HighValue · Answer

If you work hard you can do anything you want. Total BS.

msc545 · Answer

They were unclear as to how difficult it would be and also how much fun it would be. It was not hard for me but for many of my friends it was almost torture. I also, perversely enough, had a lot of fun with it.

MicahRaine · Answer

"We'll find you a path" Yeahh. . . . school doesn't give you a path. You gotta go find that for yourself

JesseP1nk · Answer

They lie about everything. You think they want you to be successful? - No! They need new generation of blue collar workers so system would not collapse.

Alex-Snow · Answer

I'll have to think about that one. I just finished my freshman year in college which was a pleasant surprise after high school.

laly520 · Answer

they made a lot of kids believe that everything they were taught gonna be useful

TheSpaceGnome · Answer

History. Also the level of importance of most of the things Iearned.

DrPepper12 · Answer

That Jesus is my salvation. Lying sadistic penguins!!

MacDaddyRico · Answer

Christopher Columbus Holocaust (actual Red Cross statistics show less than 300,000 perished) So many other lies

lehieu0303 · Answer

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Anonymous · Answer

Everything really, taught myself far more than school ever did They don't have time to teach once you get past the mandated indoctrination

ICanSmellTheCosmos · Answer

"Going to college will pay off for you in the long run."

DreamLife7 · Answer

Don't know don't care I'm grown and don't dwell on the past

HelpfulWoman · Answer

that statistics would be needed in life XD

GawkVoidArisen · Answer

that everything I learned would be useful most of it isn't

Anonymous · Answer

that as a woman, high education is important

Anonymous · Answer

That the real world has opportunities for success and happiness

northerngal · Answer

That the cafeteria food is healthy.

Agape93 · Answer

Adults can be trusted to help you if you need help

Loner111 · Answer

You need math to succeed in life...

In_Trance · Answer

All the free drugs people would offer me

dolemite58 · Answer

How in demand a college degree was lol

Sasquach · Answer

Pluto being a planet

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