Will it be Useful?
By Felicia Kane
@DesirousDreamer (34783)
Peoria, Arizona
July 18, 2018 1:01pm CST
Sometimes we learn things and ever wonder, will it be useful?
I know that happened to me a lot in school. Like why aren't you teaching me about taxes, why do I need to know the powerhouse cell! Yes, it is good to know, but I also don't need to know the Pythagorean theorem!
With working on mturk, I look at a lot of receipts of things people have purchase and I write a bunch of information.
One of those key things I have to write out are phone numbers.
I want to know if my gaining knowledge of Area codes is ever going to be useful. I guess if Caller ID ever fails. I just think it is funny to have all this possibly useless information.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Jul 18
In school my favorite was math and science and I do see how I use them often now since I am older. But History? No! I reckon I shouldn`t have skipped English every chance I got since I write a lot. I better get rich because I will need an editor! 
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@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
19 Jul 18
Absolutely hated math. But I loved science and I use my science knowledge in random situations. Especially when it comes about anatomy and health. That was actually useful. History was my absolute favorite and I still love learning about history and everyone technically uses it, because the point of learning history is to prevent it from happening again! I need an editor and I went to school specifically for writing! haha
@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
19 Jul 18
I don't know about that haha I have a lot of useless knowledge that really has no meaning.
@peavey (16936)
• United States
23 Jul 18
@DesirousDreamer Well, I made my living writing and I still never had to do that! I suspect the only ones who ever do are teachers of it. 
@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
24 Jul 18
@peavey Teach someone how to write and you can say that you have at least used it once haha!
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@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
22 Jul 18
If you are a writer it would be very handy to do that haha
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@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
22 Jul 18
Yes, for some reason schools often don't teach things that are truly useful like consumer math or financial literacy. That needs to be a requirement for all schools.
@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
22 Jul 18
All we got was 1 week of learning from chapter 8 (which is hilarious because it was a chapter about money) and all it really taught was how to math out a mortgage and I'm like...most of my generation can't afford apartments let alone get a mortgage for a house!
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@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
19 Jul 18
I think that our brains work in such a way that the things we use most we keep and the others stuff we forget after a while any way. If I use a phone number quite often, I remember it. If I don't I forget it.
@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Jul 18
@DesirousDreamer .......Mine comes from many years with the telephone company.
@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
21 Jul 18
@celticeagle Well that makes sense haha
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@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
19 Jul 18
I never remember phone numbers anymore even though I should haha Spoiled by caller ID.
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
20 Jul 18
@DesirousDreamer It is funny when something you thought was totally useless comes useful one day.
@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
20 Jul 18
@LadyDuck I love when that happens. It is such a bizarre feeling, to have all this random information and tips and then one day it is like OH I learned this for a reason.
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@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
19 Jul 18
Right? It is interesting in the stuff we actually learn and it actually feels good when such useless knowledge actually becomes useful! haha
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@quantum2020 (12040)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
19 Jul 18
It might not be useful for you in the future but it surely is useful to get all that information into your writing to get a payment in return
@Missmwngi (12927)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Jul 18
Ha haa sometimes its good to have it with hope that one day it will be useful.
@just4him (306239)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
21 Jul 18
I remember the days before caller ID and phone books that had the area codes for every place on earth. Now, it's automatic.
@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
22 Jul 18
I still remember my first phone number, but I don't even know my mom's number now because everything is just in a single tap.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58140)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
22 Jul 18
If you meet people from different places you can just yell out there area code. Neat party trick lol.
323 is LA, well parts of it.
850 is parts of florida.
971, 503 and 541 is Oregon
661 is California or Tennessee I cant really remember.
