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Re:How valuable was your high school education? on Friday October 10, 2014 @08:17AM (#8437315)
Petronio, I did choose those classes, thank you. Unfortunately, they weren't mandatory. I too was lucky enough to have a father similar to yours while growing up. I guess the keyword is lucky, most don't have the privilege.

I have felt passionate about providing some sort of supplemental educational tool for a while now. Yesterday, when a college sophomore friend of mine contacted me for help with putting together a resume, I knew I couldn't wait any longer.

Thank you so much for your feedback. Wonderful, wonderful information! I will surely reach out to you. You sound as though you would be great to work with and/or a great candidate for providing content for the app. Just those few paragraphs were truly captivating. You have a thing or two you can teach.

I can even see a cool video on how to give a proper handshake. A little camera angle play and you could have something nice!

Re:How valuable was your high school education? on Thursday October 09, 2014 @02:54PM (#8434388)
Do you mind me asking how old you are? I say 17-25, but I know a wider age range could certainly use an app like LifeLesson.

Yes, these things just simply aren't taught. So you end up with clueless young adults who become clueless adults. If you do try to teach yourself, you most likely resort to Google or Youtube, infinitely broad search engines with no filters whatsoever. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it makes it harder to find credible information. However, if you do and you're anything like me, it's bookmarked and never to be found again.

I think categories and career specific LifeLessons are an excellent idea. Maybe then you'll have less students lost in an inescapable amount of debt, still unsure of what they want to do with their lives.

Thanks so much for your feedback.

Re:How valuable was your high school education? on Thursday October 09, 2014 @02:26PM (#8434210)
Thank you! I would create a thought-provoking video ad campaign that individuals ages 17-25 could relate to. Asking simple questions, how will you lease your first car? Allow a brief pause, then cut to a clip of the app and someone giving that answer, then fade over with 'LifeLesson' and where to download the app.

How valuable was your high school education?

I had two classes that I felt helped to prepare me most for life after graduation, Money Management and Entrepreneurship. I remember soaking up as much as I could, knowing the knowledge would come in handy one day. Since my 2009 graduation, life has been about everything I didn't learn in school. How to compose a resume and prepare for job interviews, how to build credit, how to incorporate a...

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