THINGS WE LEARNED AT SCHOOL BUT DIDN'T REALLY NEED IN REAL LIFE

HOW TO MAKE A POTATO BATTERY

Because see, if you don’t have energy to fry your potatoes

you can use them for energy to fry the potatoes

you won’t have anymore.

IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS, RECITING THE STATE CAPITALS

Only so your parents could brag about you being

the smartest kid in the class every time they had a

family reunion. They still talk about it occasionally.

HOW TO DO LONG DIVISION

You know, the division in which the divisor has two or

more figures, and a series of workings is made as

successive groups of digits of the dividend are

divided by the divisor, to avoid excessive mental

calculation. What? You still don’t care or

remember what I’m talking about? Neither do I!

HOW TO MAKE THE MOST IMPRESSIVE

ERUPTING VOLCANO

Hmm . . . well that’s chemistry class for you, I guess.

HOW TO CLIMB A ROPE

To be fair, this could somewhat be a useful skill…if you’re

in the military…or maybe a cross fit class. But not that

many people have a consistent need to climb ropes.

HOW TO DROP AN EGG FROM A FIVE-STORY

BUILDING WITHOUT BREAKING IT

What’s the point? I like my eggs scrambled anyway.

DON’T SPEAK UNLESS YOU RAISE YOUR HAND

I am so happy the real world doesn’t work like this. Imagine if

you had to raise your hand every time you went out on

a date or went out to eat with friends?

WHAT A PRIME NUMBER IS

A prime number is a natural number greater than one that

has no positive divisors other than one and itself.

A natural number greater than one . . . You get

the point. Cure against insomnia maybe?