Cracked.com published an article back in June, 2010 on "The 10 Most Important Things They Didn't Teach You in School"
This is all very nice, but makes me think the question: why must these things be taught in school? Why are schools held responsible for life lessons?
I remember once reading an edition of Henry J. Perkinson's book The Imperfect Panacea: American Faith in Education, which (if I remember correctly) argued that the American society has placed too much responsibility upon the public education system--so much so that the true purpose of public education (the development of skills in reading, writing, mathematics, history, etc.) has become lost.
Certainly schools should be teaching us a lot, but teaching us life lessons? No. I think such lessons should come from community and family.
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