303 Life Lessons We All Learn But Keep Forgetting
Alexander J. A. Cortes’s Untaught Truths Of Adulthood
43 min readApr 8, 2018
I used to think beyond 7th grade math is only useful for physicists and statisticians. After the rule of three, which allows you to calculate discounts on prices, diminishing returns start to kick in fast.
I’ve remedied that view a bit; geometry and calculus have led to some of histories strongest philosophical insights, but I still like to imagine a world in which our high school table of subjects includes:
- Human behavior.
- Relationships.
- Communication.
- Body language.
- Personal finance.
- Etiquette.
- Career discovery.
- Work habits.
- Creativity.
Until that happens, however, I’m grateful for people like Alexander J.A Cortes, who compile the curriculum of such a school of life for us to learn it now, as adults. On February 25th, he shared a tweet storm previewing his next book titled Untaught Truths of Adulthood, which went viral.
