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People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts)

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"You live and you learn" — can't really argue with that one. And while the older we get, the more knowledge we acquire, some lessons just manage to get past us for way too long. But there's no shame in learning anything at any age! (Well, maybe a little).

One Reddit user wanted to know what people learned just recently that they should've already known years ago. The answers varied from silly to serious, with some people dipping deep into self-discovery, which could've saved them a lot of tears and confusion in the past. From Froot Loops all being the same flavor to mourning relationships with your friends, folks were eager to share their newfound knowledge with others.

Bored Panda selected the most interesting answers for this list, so scroll down, and maybe you'll also learn something new today. After all, we're not aware that we don't know something, until we learn of its existence. Don't forget to upvote your favorites, and if there's anything you learned 'too late' in life that you think others might not know about yet, be sure to share it in the comments!

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#1

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) « Everything worth doing is worth doing half-a*s ». You can do a part of something it doesn’t have to be all or nothing. You can clean a room and not the whole house. You can eat a salad with your burger. We have a tendency to be « everything has to be done 110% » or it’s not worth it. I think about people who laugh at people taking a diet soda with a burger: well why the hell not? You don’t have to be all in 100% and that makes the pressure more bearable sometimes!

579red , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

387points

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#2

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) Friend breakups can hurt just as much, if not more, than romantic ones.

anon , SHVETS production Report

Final score:

370points

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#3

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) Quality matters more than quantity when it comes to friends.

I started to notice that most of my friends weren’t really my friends, only drinking buddies, and it hindered my process of getting sober for awhile. i didn’t want to lose them. but then i realized that if they couldn’t be with me in my sobriety journey, they couldn’t be in my life at all.

I’m 67 days into cutting back, and twelve days into not touching alcohol at all. my life is better without those people. i only have three friends now but it’s worth it. the support and encouragement i get from them outweighs the sadness of losing everyone else.

anon , Phil Nguyen Report

Final score:

358points

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#4

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) It's better to be alone than in an unfulfilling/abusive relationship.

Don't continue dating someone if you constantly think "give it time, things might get better". That puts you in a never ending loop that becomes more difficult to get out of as time goes on.

No_Arm604 , Odonata Wellnesscenter Report

Final score:

339points

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#5

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) I didn’t learn it recently but I learned it earlier in life, don’t share stuff with your coworkers. Just mind your own business.

St_Virgo , fauxels Report

Final score:

272points

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#6

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) That it's ok to take a day for me.

imnotyourproblemyet , Lisa Fotios Report

Final score:

263points

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#7

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) Other women know how to clasp their bra behind their back. As a teen I learned to clasp it in front of me then twist it around awkwardly... and then never stopped doing that

AlluvialPlain , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

257points

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#8

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) Doves are literally just white pigeons.

Not similar, or related to, the exact same bird.

Pigeons with white privilege

VivaLaVict0ria , Pixabay Report

Final score:

239points

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#9

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) It's "piqued my interest," not "peaked."

OpinionatedNonsense , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

238points

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#10

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) Don't compare yourself with someone else. You are not them and you do not have their abilities or weaknesses. Use your yardstick on you. Compare yourself in terms of how you have done in the past. It is more accurate. And be kind to yourself if you are making strides and mistakes.

fuzzybunnyslippers08 , Elina Fairytale Report

Final score:

231points

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#11

Not recently, but I learned that being your own friend is one of the best things you can do for yourself. The only time in my life I started making friends was when I started being my own friend first, taking care of my health, going to the gym, taking myself out, exploring on my own, and learning on my own. Not only did it help me make friends, but it also helped me feel less lonely, as I really started enjoying my own company! I became an interesting person to be

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Final score:

206points

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#12

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) my own worth.

homeslicehanny , Pavel Danilyuk Report

Final score:

200points

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#13

That the morning after pill has weight restrictions and if you are over a certain weight they will probably not work on you.
Also, more women and children get killed in car accidents because the airbag is not meant for women, it is made for a man.
Products made by men does not always work on women. Just saying.

Responsible_Pipe_180 Report

Final score:

198points

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#14

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) That if I am unfulfilled as an individual my partner will never be able to fulfill me either. Similar to if you don’t love yourself you can’t unconditionally love others.

pnw-milf , Dương Nhân Report

Final score:

175points

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#15

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) A consistent sleep schedule and plenty of sleep every night actually works. It won’t cure your depression/chronic illness/various maladies, but it makes it much easier to face them in the morning. And when I say morning, I mean it: even if you’re semi-nocturnal like me, it is so much easier to get important stuff done during the day.

This is the most annoying realisation I’ve had all year, but brains simply work better when they are rested and refreshed.

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Final score:

169points

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#16

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) Exercising does actually feel good and it’s not just pretentious claims made by fit af influencers!

bethebumblebee , Leandro Boogalu Report

Final score:

154points

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#17

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) Tall, white, loud men get more respect than anyone, no matter how stupid they are.

seehowshegoes , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

143points

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#18

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) Replace your pillows every 1–2 years. Lots of mold and allergens get stuck in there. I finally stopped feeling sick when I changed them out.

happyhippo237 , Jens Mahnke Report

Final score:

134points

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#19

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) That cows only produce milk after they've had a baby. Farmers forcibly impregnate them and take their calves away so they can sell the milk to humans. I always thought they just made milk all the time, which seems stupid in retrospect.

nat_lite , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

130points

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#20

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) Jogging slowly is still running.

marylikestodraw , Daniel Reche Report

Final score:

113points

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#21

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) If you're going to take inappropriate selfies, disable the photo sync to your mom's icloud first.

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#22

I recently started dating someone about a week and a half ago and he seems so healthy. Everything he says is with intention and it seems so out of this world to me. I've had so many bad relationships and friendships and people just mistreating me that I almost don't know what to do with myself.
I learned that it's okay to trust what someone is saying and forgiving people that hurt you in the past (WITHOUT giving them too much energy, aka. Having to look past them, etc.) Is so healing. I hope this relationship really is healthy and I'm hoping for a better future with him by my side. Yes I know this is super early but I finally understand the phrase. "When you know, you know" I'm 30 btw.

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Final score:

92points

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#23

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) What getting tires rotated actually means.

Also that the line in Billy Joel's "We didn't start the fire" is "trouble in the Suez" not "trouble in the sewers."

BrittLee8 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

89points

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#24

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) TV screens are measured diagonally

HRPunsNStuff , Max Vakhtbovych Report

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89points

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#25

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) How to budget my money.... I've cycled in and out of debt for years, could have been really ahead, never knew. Someone taught me and I'm blown away at how remarkably "easy" it is now that I know.

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87points

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#26

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) I didn’t know how much of an impact making my bed in the morning had on me.

brittanydude , Ron Lach Report

Final score:

84points

Becky Samuel 1 year ago

No, no, no. Airing the bed by pulling the covers down gives all that night-time sweat a chance to evaporate and keeps your whole bed and mattress fresher for longer.

89points

Kathryn Baylis 1 year ago

Sure, right after you get up. But before you leave, make your bed. Sheets that are all wrinkled just feel dirty even if they’re basically clean. Besides, you then do one home to a messy bed.

17points

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WonderWoman 1 year ago

I pull covers down in the morning, and in the late afternoon, I make the bed - and indeed having a made bed does make me feel better. I like walking into bedroom in the evening and seeing it looking pretty.

9points

JOHN DOE 1 year ago

Well i just learned today, from the comments, that a lot of people sweat while they sleep and that there are adults who don't make their beds everyday.

8points

Chiara1125 1 year ago

Ok thanks! I'll just keep being messy

6points

Steve Hayward 1 year ago

I always thought this! The bed needs to breathe!!

4points

Synsepalum 1 year ago

My Irish grandparents (yes, from Ireland, for those of y'all who are like that) agree.

2points

Let’s Be Kind 1 year ago

Not to mention what the fresh air does towards getting rid of dust mites 😬

2points

Noho 2000 1 year ago

Thank you for that. You just eliminated decades of self-loathing for not making my bed.

1point

Trinity 1 year ago

Not only that, but it makes your bed a horrible environment for bed bugs. Bed bugs love made beds because it maintains the same temperature and light. So while made beds look lovely, they're wonderful breeding grounds for bed bugs.

1point

Nykky 1 year ago

Plus, if you're in an area with bed bug problems, NOT making the bed is better. Bed bugs love smooth, clean, neat sheets, and hate wrinkly ones where they get lost. It's bizarre.

0points

Lyone Fein 1 year ago

You can still do this in a neat and tidy fashion.

0points

Virginia Brown 1 year ago

I don't like getting in an unmade bed. But I also let it "air out" for 15 minutes before I make it. I don't want dust & pet hair on the sheets next to my skin at night.

0points

scag$y 1 year ago (edited)

The best thing in the world after having a s****y day, is to go into the bedroom and the bed's made. Ready to crawl into. It's totally underrated.

11points

Benyam Amare 1 year ago

The act of accomplishing something even minor the moment we wake up sets the tone for the rest of the day i belelieve

10points

René Sauer 1 year ago

Waste of time. A few hours later you will mess it up again anyway

5points

Willa L 1 year ago

Yeah and its not even comfortable to sleep in a bed that is made in my opinion

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Zophra 1 year ago

An impact of wasted time. Why bother.

5points

Kim Lorton 1 year ago

Meh. If you sweat,, it just raps moisture and dust mites.

4points

Miss Frankfurter 1 year ago

“First Make Your Bed”. Makes all the difference to the start of my day. But I do have the unique talent of being able to make the majority of my bed while I’m still in it. Seriously. I can.

2points

featherytoad 1 year ago

lol, me too. I'm not a restless sleeper and I only sleep on one side of a queen mattress. When I'm still in bed I just straighten the side I don't sleep in and when I get out, straighten my side. I don't cover my pillows under the comforter, I just prop them up against my headboard so, it's super easy to make my bed while I'm still in it.

1point

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Willa L 1 year ago

I like sleeping with the blankets pulled out of the bottom of the bed and nestled around me. If I made my bed it would just be for nothing because I would pull the blankets out anyways.

2points

LeeAnne B 1 year ago

I sleep on top of the covers. I have for ages. I do straighten the bed in the morning. It's just nicer to lie down on crisp, straight linen.

1point

anima vienna 1 year ago

Honestly, I never understood that this is 'a thing'. It literally takes seconds to shake the pillows and turning the duvet for airing. Done.

1point

Colin Matthews 1 year ago

famous motivational speech by a usa general that says begin the day by making your bed, it's a great simple discipline forming habit

1point

Carla Olavarría 1 year ago

It’s really depressing to see a bed unmade after sleep time, to me it screams decay!

0points

Carla Olavarría 1 year ago

It’s a simple task that changes everything, no matter if your clothes are still in a pile on the chair, or if there is some mess around, but when the bed is made, you see everything better. My mood changes , and also my opinion about other people when I como to a place in day hours and the bed isn’t made.

0points

Kitten’s mom 1 year ago

Nope not at all. There is nothing more comfortable than crawling back in to my cozy perfect spot. 10 fancy pillow (that just move to sleep) & perfect corners are just not for me.

0points

Liisbet Kärm 1 year ago (edited)

I let it air for an hour and then make it look all nice and neat, but no impact over here. It just looks good.

0points

nooneimportant 1 year ago

no no no im getting back into it tonight I WILL NOT MAKE A BED unless ive just changed the bedding... periodt!

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#27

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) Not to mess with my birth control, the hormone unbalance was a unpleasant experience.

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80points

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#28

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) my blood type

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Final score:

75points

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#29

I thought you could only put one thing in the oven at a time.

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#30

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#31

Practice doesn’t make perfect

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#32

Not super recently, but way too late in life: Don't rinse after brushing your teeth. Why is nobody going around telling people that? We had a whole toothbrushing course in primary school, and they never even mentioned it.

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23points

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#33

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) I did not know that the need to pee all the time would start well before the third trimester. I was very unprepared and wondered why these things weren't more commonly discussed or at least why the women in my life hadn't warned me about them

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22points

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#34

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) Froot Loops are all the same flavor

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21points

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#35

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) If your toilet tank is constantly draining and refilling don’t wait 4 months to fix it. Your water bill is going to be f*****g crazy

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#36

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) Attachment styles. I'd rule out at least 5 guys that I dated and caused heartache a lot sooner if I had known about attachments styles, particularly Avoidant Attachment styles.

Like narcism, I can now avoid these types of people BUT it came at a great cost to my heart.

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18points

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#37

That lint rollers have more then 1 layer.

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13points

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#38

People Share What Things They Learned Embarrassingly Late In Life (30 Posts) That “C-Suite” means CEO, CFO, COO. I’m in my 40s and have a corporate job and have worked with all of those positions frequently. I just never thought about what C-Suite actually meant.

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10points

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Hi, I'm Egle! If you made it onto this page, you may want to learn more about me. Would recommend reading works by Edgar Allan Poe much more than reading this bio, but suit yourself. I have plentiful interests, starting from the things I studied in university (Propaganda & Film, Sci-fi Writing, Psychiatry & History of Mental Illness, etc.) and ending with an addiction to tattoos, documentaries, and dancing in front of a mirror at 3am. I'm also a budding artist; I dabble in painting and drawing random bits of chaos. My favorite desert is Tiramisu.

Hi, I'm Egle! If you made it onto this page, you may want to learn more about me. Would recommend reading works by Edgar Allan Poe much more than reading this bio, but suit yourself. I have plentiful interests, starting from the things I studied in university (Propaganda & Film, Sci-fi Writing, Psychiatry & History of Mental Illness, etc.) and ending with an addiction to tattoos, documentaries, and dancing in front of a mirror at 3am. I'm also a budding artist; I dabble in painting and drawing random bits of chaos. My favorite desert is Tiramisu.

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Sonja 1 year ago (edited)

That many educational institutions don't really test for knowledge, but their tests are made for those people who can best learn by heart. The questions they give you could often be answered in more than one way, and the answer you give could very well be correct and factually right, but because it's not in the syllabus or on the checking sheet, it's marked wrong. So people who understand the subject, think about their answers and give an adequate answer but have difficulties to remember the exact wording used in the book or materials, will get sorted out while people who don't really understand the topic but are epic in regurgitating the contents they've learned by heart get through swimmingly. And I'm not talking about using correct termini or technical terms, but using the right terms but answering the question in a way that's factually correct, but just not worded exactly as the teacher wanted it to be.

12points

James Doe 1 year ago

This has wasted so much time and nerves in my life! In uni I almost failed an important examn. Worst possiböe grade without failing. I was able to get a verbal post-examn to improve the grade an aced it - including an invitation to do my thesis in their institute. Why? Because the subjust was too intersting to me to focus on the learning-for-the-test.

2points

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Fight Hypocrites 1 year ago

The best education is learning two things: what questions to ask and how to find out the answer.

1point

James Arvidson 1 year ago

My whole life. Luckily after school most jobs want the right answer and care little for regurgitation of cold facts. Or a word for word from text book

0points

BluEyedSeoulite 1 year ago

I think you were in the wrong major. My classes were nothing like that. Once, I didn't even do the reading and BSed my way through a pop essay quiz. I literally wrote the exact opposite opinion that the author had but I still got a C because my reasoning was sound, with a little "You didn't read this, did you?" from the professor 😂

0points

Miss Frankfurter 1 year ago

That’s a reason I didn’t go to university to get my bachelor’s in nursing. I want to learn what makes me an even better nurse at the bedside. That’s what I do best. I stick with that. But I get told I should go because I’m so smart. Not in the way they want me to be. I looked at the syllabus and most of it was irrelevant to what I needed to know. Then there’s the part where all your essays etc were just spitting back what you’ve read in the many text books. String a line of quotes together and put your source in a footnote. What? I don’t go to memorize. I go to learn. Apparently I’m not aloud to have an original thought in my head, or put down a result of my processing of the info (as in I really thought it out) and write it in a way the professor sees I understand the material, not just spit it back. Never went. Perfectly happy I didn’t.

4points

Ashley Kelly 1 year ago

"Allowed."

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Adraboran Davis-Blake 1 year ago

That Gabija is a beautiful name.

1point

Janet Howe 1 year ago

I'm my own worst enemy. Took many years to figure out. AND, I can't do anything without procrastinating. At least I can admit that stuff now.

0points

Sonja 1 year ago (edited)

That many educational institutions don't really test for knowledge, but their tests are made for those people who can best learn by heart. The questions they give you could often be answered in more than one way, and the answer you give could very well be correct and factually right, but because it's not in the syllabus or on the checking sheet, it's marked wrong. So people who understand the subject, think about their answers and give an adequate answer but have difficulties to remember the exact wording used in the book or materials, will get sorted out while people who don't really understand the topic but are epic in regurgitating the contents they've learned by heart get through swimmingly. And I'm not talking about using correct termini or technical terms, but using the right terms but answering the question in a way that's factually correct, but just not worded exactly as the teacher wanted it to be.

12points

James Doe 1 year ago

This has wasted so much time and nerves in my life! In uni I almost failed an important examn. Worst possiböe grade without failing. I was able to get a verbal post-examn to improve the grade an aced it - including an invitation to do my thesis in their institute. Why? Because the subjust was too intersting to me to focus on the learning-for-the-test.

2points

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Fight Hypocrites 1 year ago

The best education is learning two things: what questions to ask and how to find out the answer.

1point

James Arvidson 1 year ago

My whole life. Luckily after school most jobs want the right answer and care little for regurgitation of cold facts. Or a word for word from text book

0points

BluEyedSeoulite 1 year ago

I think you were in the wrong major. My classes were nothing like that. Once, I didn't even do the reading and BSed my way through a pop essay quiz. I literally wrote the exact opposite opinion that the author had but I still got a C because my reasoning was sound, with a little "You didn't read this, did you?" from the professor 😂

0points

Miss Frankfurter 1 year ago

That’s a reason I didn’t go to university to get my bachelor’s in nursing. I want to learn what makes me an even better nurse at the bedside. That’s what I do best. I stick with that. But I get told I should go because I’m so smart. Not in the way they want me to be. I looked at the syllabus and most of it was irrelevant to what I needed to know. Then there’s the part where all your essays etc were just spitting back what you’ve read in the many text books. String a line of quotes together and put your source in a footnote. What? I don’t go to memorize. I go to learn. Apparently I’m not aloud to have an original thought in my head, or put down a result of my processing of the info (as in I really thought it out) and write it in a way the professor sees I understand the material, not just spit it back. Never went. Perfectly happy I didn’t.

4points

Ashley Kelly 1 year ago

"Allowed."

0points

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Adraboran Davis-Blake 1 year ago

That Gabija is a beautiful name.

1point

Janet Howe 1 year ago

I'm my own worst enemy. Took many years to figure out. AND, I can't do anything without procrastinating. At least I can admit that stuff now.

0points

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