Nine Dangerous Things You Were Taught In School

I filched this article from Forbes and I think that it is a good thing to keep in mind.  Bookish that I am, I need doses of these reminders every once in a while.  Happy Monday!  

Be aware of the insidious and unspoken lessons you learned as a child. To thrive in the world outside the classroom, you’re going to have to unlearn them.

Dangerous things you were taught in school:

1. The people in charge have all the answers.That’s why they are so wealthy and happy and healthy and powerful—ask any teacher.

2. Learning ends when you leave the classroom.Your fort building, trail forging, frog catching, friend making, game playing, and drawing won’t earn you any extra credit. Just watch TV.

3. The best and brightest follow the rules.You will be rewarded for your subordination, just not as much as your superiors, who, of course, have their own rules.

4. What the books say is always true.Now go read your creationism chapter. There will be a test.

5. There is a very clear, single path to success.It’s called college. Everyone can join the top 1% if they do well enough in school and ignore the basic math problem inherent in that idea.

Night Swim

It is no understatement when I say that work is stressful.  What with the long hours, the unavoidable interruptions, the impossible deadlines, we're beat.  And even though we're in the middle of our busy season, our manager saw it fit to grant us this one night's respite from all the madness.

Never mind that it was just an overnight affair, and that we had to pool our money to finance it.  It was well worth the two or so hours to get to Pansol to enjoy the waters.

And the hot springs did not disappoint.  The company did not disappoint.  I was at first thinking of ditching the outing in favor of other personal matters, imagined or otherwise, but thankfully people persuaded me to come.  It was a nice bonding experience, and I got to see my officemates in an environment outside of work.

In my former work, I was one of young ones.  The same isn't applicable here, and I got to appreciate it now.  I still don't know all of their names, though.  :-)