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What You Learn in High School: Looking Back as an Adult

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High school is a phase for learning general knowledge – but it sure doesn’t always teach you what you actually need to survive life. My biggest protest is how we spend years learning how to write formal essays to prep you for college. Then you graduate college, and pretty much everyone I know hasn’t writtenContinue reading “What You Learn in High School: Looking Back as an Adult”

Which aspects do you think make a person unique?

Learning Languages as an Adult Each person is unique, especially in how they learn languages as an adult. Kids start from scratch, like a blank document. Adults already have plenty of files stored in their brain. By the time you’re learning a new language as an adult, you might have been exposed to it inContinue reading “Which aspects do you think make a person unique?”

What is the last thing you learned?

I can’t remember the last thing I learned. I learn a lot of trivial things because I’m always learning. Learning is more than taking a course or reading a book. Sometimes it’s as simple as paying attention. When you go out, take note of things because you never know when you need them. Like whenContinue reading “What is the last thing you learned?”

Returning to the Present and the Past

If I could relive any age or year, I would pick several ages and years from my life. I had some great years when everything went right, from my job to my personal life. I’ve also had great ages when I reached a milestone, like being old enough to do things. But I also thinkContinue reading “Returning to the Present and the Past”

Work Smarter, Not Harder: Best Piece of Advice Ever Received

It took a while for the well-known phrase “work smarter, not harder” to sink into my brain years after I’d first heard it. I get it now: the words are about focusing on efficiency and getting better results without burning out. But when I was younger, I used to think that working longer hours andContinue reading “Work Smarter, Not Harder: Best Piece of Advice Ever Received”