Asking which one is more important is silly.I'd say I have a pretty well-rounded base of knowledge in both areas, but I probably lean more towards book smarts--my inability to do certain things, like drive and get a job, have hindered a lot of potential life experience I could and should have at this point, but my intense anxiety isn't really doing me any favors.Book-wise, my weakest subject is history, by far--both in part due to my terrible education in the history department, and because the subject bores me to fucking death, so I can't exactly teach myself shit without falling asleep. There's also more practical things to be learning about.The only thing you can do with history is argue with people about it, which doesn't really seem like a fantastic use of time--and the debates themselves are always mind-numbingly uninteresting. Like, debate about something interesting--like who burned down the Reichstag, or something. Fuck.
Can't history also be used to trace the precedents of current effects and make predictions about future events? I mean that's why I bother learning about it (most of the time).
Quote from: Stopman on February 29, 2016, 11:35:59 PMCan't history also be used to trace the precedents of current effects and make predictions about future events? I mean that's why I bother learning about it (most of the time).I guess they can. I view those purposes as kind of niche, though, and they're not exactly for everyone (including me).
holy cow dude. you need to learn to drive. thats like....beyond practical.
Quote from: The Hån on March 01, 2016, 12:53:59 AMholy cow dude. you need to learn to drive. thats like....beyond practical.No shit. I'm currently in the process, but it's still going to take me a long time to muster up the courage to go on the road.It's also not beyond practical. It's just regular practical.
well it depends. do you live in a city or something where you dont have to drive around, or in an area where everything is out of walking distance?
Quote from: The Hån on March 01, 2016, 01:04:47 AMwell it depends. do you live in a city or something where you dont have to drive around, or in an area where everything is out of walking distance?The latter, with the exception of my university.The biggest impetus I have is knowing that I'm a burden on others--I carpool on my way to college, but if they're unavailable, I usually have to get my mother to do it for me. Embarrassing, but that's why I'm starting to learn.People act like I can just get a license whenever. No, uh, I have to actually learn first. And I'm not one of those faggots who just wants a license and be done with it--I want to be absolutely sure that I'm comfortable on the road, or I'm never driving.
Quote from: The Hån on March 01, 2016, 01:04:47 AMwell it depends. do you live in a city or something where you dont have to drive around, or in an area where everything is out of walking distance?The latter, with the exception of my university.The biggest impetus I have is knowing that I'm a burden on others. Normally, I carpool to college, but if my crew is unavailable, I usually have to get my mother to drive me instead. Embarrassing, and burdensome, but that's why I'm starting to learn.People act like I can just get a license whenever. No, uh, I have to actually learn first. And I'm not one of those faggots who just wants to get a license and be done with it--I want to be absolutely sure that I'm comfortable on the road, or I'm never driving.
Daily reminder that 'street smarts' is a meme created by spazzes who couldn't get into the uni they wanted in order to feel better about themselves.It's essentially just common sense, which everyone apart from sociopaths and the mentally handicapped have.
School can take you through the red tape and restrictions of our nifty little engineered system.Street makes you aware of the real world beyond our fake nifty little engineered system.Ideally it's better if you have both. You can navigate the red tape but you're not niave to how the real world works.
Quote from: Sandtrap on March 01, 2016, 11:37:48 AMSchool can take you through the red tape and restrictions of our nifty little engineered system.Street makes you aware of the real world beyond our fake nifty little engineered system.Ideally it's better if you have both. You can navigate the red tape but you're not niave to how the real world works.Now, which would you have more of?
Street smarts vs school smarts...
