Do you find that the information you learn in school helps you to do things in later life?

Question

As I remember it, my professors were these Mr. Know-it-all guys, who told us the same information we read in our textbooks, wrote the information we had to memorize [ in order to answer the questions on the tests ] on the blackboard, + told us when or why we were wrong when we answered questions. I forgot most of this stuff.
I think I needed to learn more about,
1,how to suck up
2,how to exploit people
3,how to lie on a job application without getting caught

Answer 1

LOL my thoughts exactly... Sorry to say but the schooling I had did not prepare me for the real world..

Answer 2

I think I learned more from the University of Life than in regular schools.

Answer 3

None of the info I learned in school matters in my life beside math 1+1=2.. and helping my daughter with her homework.. it is all different from what I learned..

Answer 4

It is a good feeling to know things.. if you don't appreciate that fact, then your parents wasted a lot of money sending you to college. Not everyone belongs in college... Unfortunately, our public schools tell EVERYONE they need to go to college. Imagine how nice college would be if it was filled with people who WANTED to learn, instead of smart alecs like you.

Answer 5

No not really
The one thing I learned that helped me was to read and write.
The things I learned at the same time as being at school helped me to grow as a person, and I was able to build upon those things and see how they have grown.

Answer 6

Not really. I haven't had to speak the words Deadwood Gulch since I left school. The things you mentioned would've been much more useful.

Answer 7

You should have taken my course load. I took advertising, Psychology and marketing . They taught you all those things. They just said it more politely.