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  • Four of the Sustainable Development goals quality education would are three life skills that are learned in school.

  • School and the real world are often depicted as opposites.

  • Where school has shown as a place of acceptance and rewards.

  • The real world is a place many would describe as sometimes tough to navigate.

  • After years of school, some students find it hard to transition once formal education has ended.

  • Finding a job applying for college and living on your own are foreign concepts to most recent grads, and they find themselves ill equipped to handle this new stage of life.

  • Although there are some key differences to being a student and life after school, they have more in common than most would think.

  • While in school there are certain skills learned that transfer over into the real world.

  • Critical thinking is taught in school through puzzles and problem solving questions.

  • When you are faced with challenges in the workplace, critical thinking will come in handy to help identify an issue and formulate a solution.

  • Communication skills air taught in classes like public speaking and English, along with extracurricular activities like clubs and sports.

  • These skills can transfer and to crafting business emails in delivering presentations for corporate success.

  • Conducting research is a skill taught in school that sticks with you.

  • In school, you do research for science experiments, papers and how to find answers to problems, research skills, air carried into the real world.

  • In professions like journalism, marketing and law.

  • The purpose of school is to get young minds ready for the real world.

  • Aside from the curriculum, the life skills that are taught enable these students to flourish as adults.

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Life Skills Learned in School

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    林宜悉 posted on 2020/10/24
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tough

US /tʌf/

UK /tʌf/

  • adjective
  • (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
  • Very difficult to do or deal with
  • Difficult; requiring considerable effort or endurance.
  • (of food) difficult to cut or chew.
  • Having strict standards
  • (Of meat) difficult to cut or chew.
  • Being firm and not easily bent or broken
  • Being strong physically or mentally
  • Being difficult to persuade
  • Unpleasant or unfortunate.
  • Capable of violence
  • other
  • To endure a period of hardship or difficulty.
  • noun
  • A rough and aggressive person.
  • other
  • To make (someone) physically or emotionally stronger.
critical

US /ˈkrɪtɪkəl/

UK /ˈkrɪtɪkl/

  • adjective
  • Expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements.
  • Of decisive importance with reference to the success or failure of something.
  • (of a sick or injured person) seriously ill or injured.
  • Exercising or involving careful judgment or observation.
  • Making a negative judgment of something
  • Expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments.
  • Relating to or denoting a point at which a sudden change occurs.
  • Expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments.
  • Expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments.
  • Being important or serious; vital; dangerous
  • Most important part
  • Expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments.
  • Being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency.
sustainable

US /səˈsteɪnəbl/

UK /səˈsteɪnəbl/

  • adjective
  • Capable of continuing for a long time
  • Able to be maintained without running out of
common

US /ˈkɑmən/

UK /'kɒmən/

  • noun
  • Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
  • A piece of open land for public use.
  • A piece of open land for public use.
  • Field near a village owned by the local community
  • adjective
  • Lacking refinement; vulgar.
  • Occurring, found, or done often; prevalent.
  • (of a noun) denoting a class of objects or a concept as opposed to a particular individual.
  • Without special rank or position; ordinary.
  • Shared; Belonging to or used by everyone
  • Typical, normal; not unusual
  • Lacking refinement; vulgar.
  • Found all over the place.
purpose

US /ˈpɚpəs/

UK /'pɜ:pəs/

  • noun
  • Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
  • A person's sense of resolve or determination.
  • Determination; resolve.
  • The reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.
  • The reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.
  • The use to which something is put.
  • other
  • Have as one's intention or objective.
  • Have as one's intention or objective.
  • To intend or resolve to do something.
  • adverb
  • Intentionally; deliberately.
  • With clear intention or determination.
  • other
  • The use to which something is put.
identify

US /aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ/

UK /aɪ'dentɪfaɪ/

  • verb
  • To indicate who or what someone or something is
  • other
  • To discover or determine something.
  • To say exactly what something is
  • To recognize someone or something and be able to say who or what they are
  • other
  • To feel that you understand and share the feelings of someone else
  • To feel that you are similar to someone, and understand them or their situation because of this
describe

US /dɪˈskraɪb/

UK /dɪ'skraɪb/

  • verb
  • To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
  • other
  • To define or classify something.
  • To draw or trace the outline of; to form.
  • To give an account in words of someone or something, including all the important details.
  • To give a detailed account of; portray.
  • To give an account in words of (someone or something), including all the important details.
  • To trace the outline of; to draw.
navigate

US /ˈnævɪˌɡet/

UK /'nævɪɡeɪt/

  • verb
  • To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
  • To deal successfully with something complex
  • To travel by water (often through islands)
  • other
  • To deal with a difficult situation carefully and successfully.
  • To steer a ship, aircraft, etc. in a particular direction.
  • other
  • To find the way to get to a place when you are travelling in a ship, car, plane, etc.
  • To find your way around a website.
research

US /rɪˈsɚtʃ, ˈriˌsɚtʃ/

UK /rɪ'sɜ:tʃ/

  • noun
  • Study done to discover new ideas and facts
  • A particular area or topic of study.
  • A department or group within an organization dedicated to conducting research.
  • A detailed report of the results of a study.
  • verb
  • To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
  • other
  • A particular area or topic of academic study or investigation.
  • The work devoted to a particular study.
  • Systematic investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.
  • The systematic gathering, recording, and analysis of data about issues relating to marketing products and services.
  • other
  • Systematic investigation to establish facts or collect information on a subject.
  • other
  • To study the market relating to marketing products and services.
  • To study (a subject) in detail, especially in order to discover new information or reach a new understanding.
  • other
  • To carry out academic or scientific research.
quality

US /ˈkwɑlɪti/

UK /'kwɒlətɪ/

  • noun
  • Feature associated with someone or something
  • A distinctive attribute or characteristic possessed by someone or something
  • A characteristic or feature of something
  • High social standing
  • High level of worth or excellence
  • other
  • The standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something
  • The degree of excellence of something.
  • adjective
  • Of a high standard
  • Of high quality.