What They Forgot To Teach You At School: Essential emotional lessons needed to thrive
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- Author：The School of Life
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Jade
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Good common sense advice & a different viewpoint to a lot of the self help type books out there。 Does a good job of addressing the usually neglected issue of emotional education in society。
Pleiades
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I believe this is one of the books that should be in everyone’s bookshelf。 I’ve read a fair amount of self help books and to be honest， this is not as exceptional compared to the popular ones。 There is nothing unique and new to this book but it’s a good way to start especially to teens or if you want some non-fiction reading with your kid。
Sabina-Nicoleta Furtună （Sally）
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Delightful， breezy and engaging。 Although I did not agree with some observations in this book， I felt a deep sense of connection and gratitude for it being published。
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It was fine。 Many of the lessons felt kinda self explanatory but was good advice so all in all it was an okay read。
Fan Yang
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Good read。 Some interesting points。 Funny。 A funny way of telling a lot of common sense things。 It’s an enjoyable read。 A little repetitive， some ideas overlap。
Emily
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Good but superficial Important lessons but somewhat superficial。 It’s a fast， easy read， so if you’re curious， go for it。 You might like it。
Akhil Jain
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My fav quotes （not a review）:"Repair isn’t just one capacity among others， it is arguably the central determinant of our mastery of emotional maturity; it is what identifies us as true adults。""Japanese kintsugi: The true art lies in knowing how to fix" My fav quotes （not a review）:"Repair isn’t just one capacity among others， it is arguably the central determinant of our mastery of emotional maturity; it is what identifies us as true adults。""Japanese kintsugi: The true art lies in knowing how to fix" 。。。more
Sean Loughran
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This lovely little book is just bursting with knowledge。 It’s a collection of the essential emotional lessons that we need in order to thrive in life。 The chapters， which I’ll dive into a little， include， You Don’t Need Permission， Listen to the Adult Within， Love Yourself， Be Free， and There is No Destination， to name a few。 What would it mean to break the mould？ What would it mean to finally leave school？ These are the questions asked at the beginning of What They Forgot to Teach You at School This lovely little book is just bursting with knowledge。 It’s a collection of the essential emotional lessons that we need in order to thrive in life。 The chapters， which I’ll dive into a little， include， You Don’t Need Permission， Listen to the Adult Within， Love Yourself， Be Free， and There is No Destination， to name a few。 What would it mean to break the mould？ What would it mean to finally leave school？ These are the questions asked at the beginning of What They Forgot to Teach You at School。 Reading What They Forgot to Teach You at School has been a good reminder， drawing my attention again to those unhelpful thought patterns， that need for self-love， and the get the heck back down to earth reality check that there is no perfect destination。 Full review: https://www。avocadodiaries。com/2021/0。。。 。。。more
Kimberly
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I love the School of Life books， and this one is similarly excellent。 It’s as if someone crawled into my interior emotional spaces and described it better than I ever could， and added some lighting to brighten up the place。 I will have to remember the pilot light idea， of making sure we keep at least a small light on within that reminds us of our sanity and self-kindness when we’re tumbling through a variety of emotional messes。 Quite interesting to learn that Goethe took a government job to wor I love the School of Life books， and this one is similarly excellent。 It’s as if someone crawled into my interior emotional spaces and described it better than I ever could， and added some lighting to brighten up the place。 I will have to remember the pilot light idea， of making sure we keep at least a small light on within that reminds us of our sanity and self-kindness when we’re tumbling through a variety of emotional messes。 Quite interesting to learn that Goethe took a government job to work on his personality， what an interesting curiosity。 I love it how he discusses how art can densify time， in how it has you notice what you’ve only previously just seen。 So many excellent turns of phrase worth quoting in this one， but I’ll leave you with this short one:“。。。there might still be a way to live light-heartedly amidst catastrophe。” 。。。more
Ella
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The concept of this book is a very good one， and indeed， we are sort of left as young people to figure out how to get by as a human in life。 We are thrown into school， instructed in the ways of critical thinking- or perhaps not？ One may actually rightfully argue that we are just taught how to get by and be obedient and crack the systems we are placed into。 Conventional school works for a particular kind of brain and person- so even as an institution of purely academic learning， it is only suited The concept of this book is a very good one， and indeed， we are sort of left as young people to figure out how to get by as a human in life。 We are thrown into school， instructed in the ways of critical thinking- or perhaps not？ One may actually rightfully argue that we are just taught how to get by and be obedient and crack the systems we are placed into。 Conventional school works for a particular kind of brain and person- so even as an institution of purely academic learning， it is only suited or useful to fewer still。 However， most of us are just thrown into schools for this learning， and left to figure out the rest- social skills， relationships， rebuilding ourselves after a fall， dealing with disappointment， loss， helping others， saying the right things， being a good friend， dealing with times of bad mental health- all on our own。 This book attempts to be a kind of textbook to tackle these kinds of things- however， it is done through a quite nihilistic and cold lens， often saying things like 'noone really notices you' or 'you're fundamentally alone'。 To some， this may be comforting- but to me at least this was the opposite！ This very blunt and cold way of seeing the world I felt was also a bit problematic in the chapter about kindness- for me overthinking all the actions I do for serious fear of the wellbeing of others is not a positive thing at all for my own wellbeing， as this book provokes one to think about。 Perhaps it is simply true that how one sees life from a nihilistic perspective is rather blunt and often not very pretty or inspiring， and perhaps we all just want to romanticise life to be able to get by in it， which to be honest is a very valid human thing to do。 However， the premise of this book is thought-provoking， and I come to the conclusion that our educations would be much better if we had better， more inclusive and interactive PSHE- or all had dedicated therapists from young ages up throughout our lives to guide us into developing emotional intelligence。 。。。more
Murali Veeraiyan
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Amazing short book full of wisdom that definitely would have helped me a lot in the last 10+ years after school。 Hopefully will get to apply some of this wisdom in what is left of my life。 Definitely a book that I will be gifting to all my close friends and referring back again and again。
Sarah
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It was fine。 I listened to the audio version as an ARC， thanks to Net Galley。It had some good points about the lack of practical real life skills being taught in school， and gave some good starting points for gaining those skills。 Maybe I would have liked it better in book form， hard to tell。
Alcqueline
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This is a good audiobook。 However， a reading speed of 1。0x almost sent me into a coma。 It is challenging to maintain focus at that speed。 I increased the reading speed to 1。25x or more。 There is an echo back when I played the book at speeds faster than 1。25x。 The entire reading experience is very nostalgic。 I associated a real-life encounter with every topic discussed。 Chapters three and four made me feel like I was reading or listening to a self-help book， unimpressive。 I'm not too fond of self This is a good audiobook。 However， a reading speed of 1。0x almost sent me into a coma。 It is challenging to maintain focus at that speed。 I increased the reading speed to 1。25x or more。 There is an echo back when I played the book at speeds faster than 1。25x。 The entire reading experience is very nostalgic。 I associated a real-life encounter with every topic discussed。 Chapters three and four made me feel like I was reading or listening to a self-help book， unimpressive。 I'm not too fond of self-help books because they frequently make the reader believe they are not self-motivated， unhappy， or incapable of independent thinking。 When in fact， many readers are the opposite， highly self-motivated， very happy， and independent-thinkers。 I hoped to learn something new， and it didn’t happen。 Again， I felt nostalgic while listening to the rest of the book。 There is a good deal of information in this book I learned early on in life through social interactions with parents， teenage friends， and during my first year of college。 The rest of the book provides information on gender， class， backgrounds， being kind， repairing relationships， moods， emotional maturity/literacy in relationships， children cannot give up on adults， choosing the right partner in a relationship， dating， and much more。 I do recommend this audiobook to others wanting to understand better themselves。 。。。more
Marissa Mariano
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I listened to this on audio and it was better than I expected。 It went more in depth than I assumed it would， however if you are a teacher this may not be the best book for you。 It went into the psychology of attachment and how it has to do with schooling as well as how school and parents play into our lives。 It goes into emotions， friendships， relationships and self evaluation。 This was a good “beginner to psychology” book and I recommend if you are interested in how your upbringing affects you I listened to this on audio and it was better than I expected。 It went more in depth than I assumed it would， however if you are a teacher this may not be the best book for you。 It went into the psychology of attachment and how it has to do with schooling as well as how school and parents play into our lives。 It goes into emotions， friendships， relationships and self evaluation。 This was a good “beginner to psychology” book and I recommend if you are interested in how your upbringing affects your everyday life。 。。。more
Theediscerning
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Hmmm。。。 A little education is definitely a dangerous thing， and especially in this instance， for I asked for a review copy of this not fully aware of what kind of book it'd be。 I thought it might be a gift book of things we need to know but have to rely on an older sibling to ask – the one-handed bra removal for the lads， the change-into-a-one-piece-swimsuit-while-remaining-fully-clothed for the gals。 Nor is this the read that tells a young person what they'll become， concerning subjects off-cur Hmmm。。。 A little education is definitely a dangerous thing， and especially in this instance， for I asked for a review copy of this not fully aware of what kind of book it'd be。 I thought it might be a gift book of things we need to know but have to rely on an older sibling to ask – the one-handed bra removal for the lads， the change-into-a-one-piece-swimsuit-while-remaining-fully-clothed for the gals。 Nor is this the read that tells a young person what they'll become， concerning subjects off-curriculum， for example that yes you do eventually 'get' the taste of wine and olives， etc， but not until your thirties， if then。No， what we have here is a philosophical self-help kind of tract， written in response to what school does to you。 So some of us may be on an enclosed， unwanted path of life because school brought that on; chapter two looks at how the seize-the-day ethos may have been lost while under education's wing; our alma maters are not all that great， and certainly not definitively greater than us， and need their ivory towers being taken down a level or two。The whole book， whether looking at the adult world of work， dating， dating at work， anything， is kind of reductive， declaring that we never change once we leave the cot – that our problems with dating， self-worth， the values we give to other people and their level of interest in us， are all primal， and therefore things we should have been trained against some time between lunch and double PE。 It didn't strongly convince， and added to the fact I didn't find it completely clever or helpful to get everything connected to a lesson left off the timetable， I found the book a touch poorly written at times。 Chapter three， where we are told we ought to quit worrying about how we're perceived， because we so seldom are， is full of so many trite examples there's no benefit to be had， and the lesson is still almost missing。All told I think I'll stick to the concept of a broad， proper education added to some encouragement towards common sense， than these uncredited， low-in-authority pages。 One and a half stars; see me after school。 。。。more
Dylan
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