10 things you won't learn in school

Marty Abbott & Michael Fisher:

You can learn a lot of things in the classroom.

A lot of the knowledge you'll glean comes in the form of facts (or "laws") on how and why certain things work. A few lessons involve behaviors, such as team work. On very rare occasions, one learns a life lesson.

But there are some things you'll never learn in the classroom. Hopefully, this will fill some of the gaps:

Ethical Challenges Occur More Frequently Than You Expect - Some engineering programs and a large number of business programs offer courses on ethics, but while these courses might expose the student to certain predicaments, they seldom help the student develop the muscle memory necessary to respond to ethical dilemmas.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 23, 2010 5:12 AM
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