Who says what we learned in school is not important?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (217644)
Walnut Creek, California
October 20, 2022 1:06pm CST
I have heard people say that what we learn in our formal schooling isn't important because we never use it in real life anyway.
What bullshit!
I am currently replacing some veneer on a corner of a Klipsch speaker I'm working on. I leaned in one of my physics classes about distribution of mass, and about center of gravity.
In this instance I am pressing down a very small area of the veneer, so the glue between the veneer and the speaker will catch and hold.
I have a scissor blade under the far edge of the stacked paint containers to focus the force on the desired area.
I'm not using any of the fancy formulas I learned in physics (though I can calculate the depth of a vertical mine shaft or well by how long it takes a rock to hit the bottom), But I AM using the general principles of physics that I learned in my youth (high school and college days).
Can you think of times you've used things you learned in school in your day-to-day life?
Do you bristle when you hear people say education is not important?
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22 responses
@BarBaraPrz (47061)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
20 Oct 22
Every time I read something... 
or count out my pills.
or count out my pills.4 people like this
@DaddyEvil (137248)
• United States
20 Oct 22
Well, I learned about naps and learned to read before I started school. (That's what I've done today. Read and take naps.)
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@DaddyEvil (137248)
• United States
20 Oct 22
@TheHorse Yes, melatonin... I'm sleepy because it's time I should be asleep instead of visiting with friends on myLot.
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@TheHorse (217644)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Oct 22
@DaddyEvil Have a good rest.
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@wolfgirl569 (104999)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Oct 22
I use small things. But I dont use a lot of it.
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@wolfgirl569 (104999)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Oct 22
@TheHorse I dont buy milk too often. So only a half gallon or 4 pints worth 
Like math I mostly add or subtract. Seldom multiply or divide. History I need to look up but I didnt like that class. 
Like math I mostly add or subtract. Seldom multiply or divide. History I need to look up but I didnt like that class. 2 people like this
@TheHorse (217644)
• Walnut Creek, California
22 Oct 22
@wolfgirl569 I (almost) slept through most of my History classes. But I'm more interested in it now.
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@TheHorse (217644)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Oct 22
Sigh. I do still remember things from my biology class in high school. We're bundles of neurons. I gather we have billions of neurons and trillions of neural connections in our brains. High school kids couldn't tap on their cell phones without both sensory and motor neurons. Am I correct in assuming that ALL nerve cells have the parts I learned about in high school, like a nucleus, Golgi bodies, etc.?
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@celticeagle (165723)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Oct 22
I do a little. Any education is good. It's like when I realized my grandson couldn't write in cursive. I was shocked. They didn't teach it in school. I, on the other hand, was made to practice to make my letters neat and readable.
I also think that education gives a child a different look at the world around them.
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@TheHorse (217644)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Oct 22
@celticeagle "like" Odd that sometimes I can't "like" a MyLot comment right now. Has that happened to you?
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@vandana7 (100096)
• India
21 Oct 22
Pony ji....you are extremely hardworking intelligent and highly educated person. In your shoes, I would just opt for something like this. I don't need that much time. There are other alternatives to PVC too.
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@kaylachan (68236)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Oct 22
I do bristle when people make light of education. While I decided not to go to college, I find that there's a lot I learned in school. I learned a lot about critical thinking, which is a skill we do daily. Every time we go to the store, fill up the tank, and sometimes cook, we're using basic math skills such as fractions, dessmials, etc. And, every time we problem solve, that's a skill we were taught in school. Hell, every time a sighted person reads something. These day-to-day skills are used and no one thinks twice about them.
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@kaylachan (68236)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Oct 22
@TheHorse Yep. We do. I rely on other people or technology to read for me, but school gave me the knowledge on how to take advantage of that technology.
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@Tina30219 (81801)
• Onaway, Michigan
20 Oct 22
Education can be very important. Only thing I use in my everyday life is math we all do in cooking especially
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@xander6464 (43729)
• Wapello, Iowa
24 Oct 22
Can you think of times you've used things you learned in school in your day-to-day life?
----------I learned that life's short, so go to recess first and it has served me well. I use it every day.
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@xander6464 (43729)
• Wapello, Iowa
25 Oct 22
@TheHorse If Carpeing wasn't so strenuous, I'd do it every day.
@RasmaSandra (79236)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Oct 22
I have always thought that education is important and I am still learning many things even now as I look for information online. Even my music knowledge had to be learned I mean I only came into the world at the end of the 50s, but I discovered and learned all I wanted to know are rock and other genres etc I am always working on articles, and I certainly need to get that info online,
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@LindaOHio (176200)
• United States
20 Oct 22
Education is important; but I never use the very hard Geometry I had to learn in high school. I always use my English and Math however!
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@LindaOHio (176200)
• United States
21 Oct 22
@TheHorse Ha ha. It was difficult for me; and the instructor wasn't a very good one. The kids all seemed to know everything; and the teacher was reluctant to stay after school for special help. I had High School Algebra in Junior High. I had a lot less trouble with that.
@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
21 Nov 22
Education has made me of what I am today. If i am uneducated probably my life would be miserable.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
24 Nov 22
@TheHorse How long have you been teaching in college? Just asking.
@GardenGerty (160405)
• United States
21 Oct 22
People I am around do not say that. Meanwhile, I can do some advanced math, rely on fractions and generally enjoy what I have stored in my brain. However the class I most obviously have used was College Swimming, as I never learned to swim until in college. I taught both my kids to swim, worked as an assistant in swimming classes, learned why girls float better than boys (distribution of body fat) and work with helping my student swim even now, fifty years later.
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@allknowing (134965)
• India
21 Oct 22
The three 'R's surely but nothing beyond as what we did in school was just mugging.
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@allknowing (134965)
• India
21 Oct 22
@TheHorse Just learning to pass exams. Mugging means studying (lol)
@Fleura (30099)
• United Kingdom
20 Oct 22
All the time! Quadratic equations I haven't used in a long time, but I have certainly used my schoolgirl French and German, English of course, sciences are the basis of my working life, geography I use mainly for interest and to explain things to the girls, history is something we could all learn from! And practical subjects like sewing and metalwork I use a lot too.
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@aninditasen (16329)
• Raurkela, India
21 Oct 22
Surely we do use lessons that we learn in school and college. We learned as kids that we should pick up the lid when the water boils. The same principle is followed with water heater with only fire replacing electricity.
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@Treborika (17662)
• Mombasa, Kenya
21 Oct 22
We only apply less than 20% on what we learned at schools.
The rest is pure life experience and stuff.
