Things School Doesn’t Teach You (That You Should Learn)
Ever wondered what life skills you need to know that isn’t taught? Here are some things school doesn’t teach you that you should learn!
What school doesn’t teach you is that you also need to go out of your way to educate yourself on all of these topics.
It’s your responsibility to get ahead of everyone else and learn these life skills by yourself. Otherwise, you will only know what you were told in school (which relates to maybe 2% of our lives.
Let’s get to the list!
Finance
Money is something that every human on the planet should strive to understand. Here are a few topics you should learn about in finance:
- Budgeting
- Saving
- Credit
- Banking
- Investing
- Frugality
One of the most important things school doesn’t teach you is how to have healthy relationships.
We aren’t told how to care for our partners, how to manage an argument properly, or even how to trust each other.
Relationship advice is never something you should run away from. In fact, relationships are more likely to be healthy when the individual partners go above and beyond to contribute to the relationship
Would you rather spend a few hours of your life researching relationship tips to have a long lasting relationship, or never do any research and risk an unhealthy, life-damaging, and broken relationship?
How to Handle Emotions
We don’t really think about it, but our emotions are extremely volatile things (especially as teenagers).
Imagine if you learned how to control your emotions, or at least learn how to deal with them. A few simple tricks and you could go your whole life with a fresh and relaxed mind.
Being self aware is the first step. Understand what you’re feeling and why. Then, accept those emotions and determine how to work with them.
One of the easiest ways to calm yourself down is by writing/typing out your thoughts.
Taxes
Everyone always talks about how you should learn about taxes, but school never did us that favor.
Taxes are essentially fees that the government enforces in order to help pay for things that everyone uses/needs collectively (roads, education, technology, health programs, etc.)
Here are a few things you should research about taxes:
- Tax brackets
- How to pay taxes
- When you need to start paying taxes
- What taxes get taken out of my check?
- How much to set aside for taxes?
Real Estate
If someone gave you $1 million right now and told you to go buy a house, would you know how to do it?
Real estate is one of the most important topics that school doesn’t teach you, whether you do it to make money or not.
You’ll eventually want to buy a house in the future and understanding how it all goes down is crucial to doing it properly.
Negotiation Skills
Negotiation is something people do their whole lives… even as children! Think about how you would negotiate with your parents to let your friend sleep over or stay a little longer.
As we get into adulthood, it seems that a lot of those negotiation skills start to fade away. Here are a few negotiation skills you should learn:
- How to negotiate
- What can I negotiate for? (cars, homes, salary, garage, phone bill, etc.)
- How to talk when negotiating
- How to ask good questions
- Ways to persuade others
It’s easy to get caught up in this game of trying to get good grades, impress your parents, go to college, and get a 9-5 job.
While this may be admirable to some, a lot of people just want to do what they love and live a happy life, whether they become doctors or not.
The point is, you might not know what you love just yet, but never stop searching and pursuing those passions until you have no other choice.
A 9-5 job is nice and cozy, but every person is different. Some want to start their own business, while others have a huge passion for stocks and they become a stock broker.
Actively search for hobbies, give them a try, and figure out what you love. There’s one thing that’s for sure… school won’t help you do that.
Hopefully these things that school doesn’t teach you helped you understand what you should try learning on your own. Even if you have to go out of your way for it.
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