What piece advice do you wish you had got at school?

DB Cooper 23

I wish I had been encouraged to take a gap year and go travelling before going to uni

Seachmall

"Fuck this shit, you'll die alone anyway."



Had any teacher said this it would've saved me hours of frustration.

CardBordWindow

Never play leapfrog with a unicorn!

Sykk

None. I'm quite happy the way things are at the moment. They'd be different if I'd have listened to different advice.

Guill

Emmigrate after school.

John Doe1

plunder pussy

Birneybau

Buy shares in Apple.

Twas the late 90's.

harvester of sorrow

Dont eat yellow snow:(

Mr Benevolent

Forget about the points & college, just get a job. Oh, and talk to girls.

Fran1985

exams mean **** all in the real world if you're **** at your job

biko

"Don't be such a eejit, biko"

davet82

they're is always somebody better so stop wasting your time

Mr. Manager

All the advice I got at school was pretty much right on the nose. I just chose not to listen to it...

xzanti

Bread is making you fat. Don't eat it.

Be nice to your parents, they aren't around forever.

syklops

Wear sunscreen.

Pupito

"Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it."

frag420

always wipe front to back and double up on the bog roll

excaliburhc

that life is all about perception and who you know .

Scráib

Don't be afraid to try new things. And excercise. Life is better when you're fit, somehow.

foxyboxer

Do not practice 10,000 punches.
Practice one punch 10,000 times.

Or alternatively find your niche.

Do things that you love and have a passion for.
Try to find a way of getting paid for your passion(s)'s.

Don't do things just to please other people or because it's what's expected of you. You have to take care of yourself. Therein lies true happiness.

I also think that when someone leaves school that the following advice be drilled into them.

A part of all you earn is yours to keep.

i.e. save a minimum of 10% everytime you get paid (even social welfare) and live off the remaining 90%. That way over the course of your life you will not have any worries when you reach old age.

e.g. a 20 year old saving 18 a week for 10 years equates to €9,360 over 10 years.

Naos

foxyboxer wrote: »

Do not practice 10,000 punches.
Practice one punch 10,000 times.

Or alternatively find your niche.

But Sir, Sir! How do you find your niche if you cannot practise different punches?

Napper Hawkins

The majority of what you're being taught is useless. The leaving cert is nothing more than a test to see how willing you are to be pushed around and not question your superiors. Life won't be the mountain of ****e they tell you it will be if you don't do well. You're still just a child for fux sake and have your whole life to find your way. Happiness is the most important thing in life and no job is worth the sacrificing of said happiness.

Pay no attention to anything your government tells you, your best interests are the least of their concerns.

Leave Ireland as soon as you get the chance and never return.

patmac

Make sure you put the word of into the title of a thread you might start later in life.

Pottler

These exams you are sweating over? They're a load of sh1te. Despite slogging and doing very well, you will never, ever use them or be asked how you did. Concentrate instead on perfecting the art of chatting up girls and dressing well. It will get you further and will be far, far more fun.

Owen_S

Don't cut the red wire.

ygolometsipe

The reason grown-ups are so fond of drink, is because it make's them think and feel like you are right now.:)

mikemac1

Don't listen to talk about bullies being unloved and lashing out and insecure and low self esteem and other such nonsense, sob sob

All that does is make it seem it's not their fault they give you hassle daily

The schoolyard bully reacts to one thing and it's a fist in the face