James Altucher has written a great article on the 10 things he did not learn in college, but should have. I wish 4 million college-bound high school seniors would read it every year. (Over half never graduate.)
I have been writing about this for over 30 years. It’s nice to see a few people who have caught on.
It starts in public school kindergarten.
Altucher offers this list of things he never learned in college:
1. How to Program
2. How to Be Betrayed
3. Self-Sabotage
4. Dinner Parties
5. Networking
6. Politics
7. Failure
8. Sales
9. Negotiation
All are good thing to know about. These are crucial: #5, #8, and #10.
For full details, click the link.
I had two wonderful things happen to me: A. First, I dropped out of High School after my freshman year and went to Henry Abbott Technical School and became trained as a Machinist. Next I joined the U.S. Air Force and built bombs in VietNam. When I got began to see things a lot differently than i did when I had enlisted! I then went to collage on the GI Bill and became a Behavior Analyst! In retrospect, the best school that I ever attended was Abbott Tech., where I attended with a lot of out of the mainstream boys, and Tech. didn't allow girls when I went there. But I learned about life in the street there, although I didn't like red lead and oil and didn't become a Machinist!
B. After getting out of the service because I didn't want some idiot with time and grade over me telling me what to do, I suddenly came to realize that it was the same "game" in civil life, but the same rules were "unwritten" so to speak. After learning all that from the service, I learned how to play the "game" as they they and did quite well in life. So I do agree with this article, I did learn more about life and man's nature at Abbott Tech. more than I did in any graduate school! But the bottom line is, IF YOU DON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURSELF, NO EDUCATION CAN REALLY HELP YOU ANYHOW!
How about basic economics- what works and what doesn't?