Nowdays parenting become one of the most popular topic on internet surfing. According to Wiki, Parenting is the process of raising and educating a child from birth, or before, until adulthood. Awareness of this make lots of parent try to educated them self so they could give the best quality education for their kids.
In his book Charles Sykes (Dumbing Down Our Kids) talk about lots of tips and friendly technics that could be useful as a quality parent or teacher. There is also an interesting list of things that kids did not learn in school. Here is the list...
10 Things that Kids don't Learn in School
Life is not fair; get used to it.
The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
You will NOT make $ 40 000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with a car phone until you earn both.
If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: -- they called it opportunity.
If you mess up, it's not your parents’ fault, so don't whine about your mistakes. Learn from them.
Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes, and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So, before you save the rainforest from the parasites of your parents’ generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades; they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off, and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.
Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
10 Things that Kids don't Learn in School
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Hi Susanno
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed my post :)Enjoyed the things they don't teach you in school. My fiance is a teacher and there is plenty of other things I think should be on the curriculum :)
Julieanne
Terrific post & so incredibly true -
ReplyDeleteIt is crazy how out of control expectations are for so many young people, combined with a low work ethic ...
Too much attitude of self-entitlement, as well.
I believe a lot of this will adjust at the same time our financial economies do!
I love it! Especially the burger-flipping. This should be compulsory reading for teenagers throughout the world.
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