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What's one thing you wish you had learned in school?

Maybe it's not your traditional math, science, social studies, or arts and humanities class--maybe it's something different. If you could learn one lesson in school, what would it be?

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    Corvida Raven 100+

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    Nov 2 2011: I really wish I'd learned more about finances in school. Math is great, but it's irrelevant to my immediate life in a tangible way for me. Finances are relevant to everyone no matter what's going on in life. I know a lot of people that lack financial literary and I think it contributes to our current economic status, and widening its gaps at an accelerated pace that could be on track to being irreversible.

    Soo...I wish my school had taught me more about financial literacy.

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      Nov 2 2011: Agreed. Took plenty of calculus in college, rarely do I find the need to divide in life. But finances and particularly the tremendous importance of money, never taught, sorely needed.
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      Nov 17 2011: You're the best, Corvida! :)

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