Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life with a self-image developed over the course of high school.
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Know where to find the sunrise and sunset times and note how the sky looks at those times, at least once.
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Although spoken English doesn't obey the rules of written language, a person who doesn't know the rules thoroughly is at a great disadvantage.
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Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity.
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The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth.
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Be able to blow out a dinner candle without sending wax flying across the table.
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Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized.
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Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.
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Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.
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The difference between talking on your cell phone while driving and speaking with a passenger is huge. The person on the other end of the cell phone is chattering away, oblivious.
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Know how to effectively voice a complaint or make a claim at a retail store.
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Be able to go shopping for a bathing suit and not become depressed afterward.
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Attention-deficit disorders seem to abound in modern society, and we don't know the cause.
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Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list.
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I suspect that some apparently homosexual people are really heterosexuals who deeply phobic about the opposite sex or have other emotional problems.
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Be able to correctly pronounce the words you would like to speak and have excellent spoken grammar.
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Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway.
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Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike.
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Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.
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Be able to recognize the dangerous snakes, spiders, insects, and plants that live in your area of the country.
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Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail.
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Be able to decline a date so gracefully that the person isn't embarrassed that he or she asked.
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Be able to suffer wearing a necktie or slightly high heels for an entire evening without complaint or early removal.
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Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.
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Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person.
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Be able to notice all the confusion between fact and opinion that appears in the news.
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Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed?
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Have enough sense to know, ahead of time, when your skills will not extend to wallpapering.
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Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father.
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Know how to garnish food so that it is more appealing to the eye and even more flavorful than before.
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