# Things you learned in Grade School that are still valid

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 30, 2010, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-in-grade-school-that-are-still-valid/534330 "2010-03-30T13:48:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-in-grade-school-that-are-still-valid/534330/21 "2010-04-02T06:13:26Z")

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Couple of things:  
Basic rules of spelling, and most of their exceptions  
Don’t trust authority - but fear the exception  
Look deeper… the answer is not always the answer…

All thanks to Mr Gourley… 6th grade  
He also taught me how to make money playing poker…(Always spot the weak player and build till they bet high)

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-in-grade-school-that-are-still-valid/534330/22 "2010-04-02T06:40:27Z")

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> [@TreacherousCretin](#):
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> Hey, I was a little slow, okay?
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> .

Don’t feel bad we were all little back then.

> [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](#):
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> When I was in 5th grade in 1992, our textbook taught us that man might someday step on the moon.
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> What?

And someday we might. Just because we did in the past doesn’t mean we won’t in the future.

My contribution:

The tying of shoes. It is still valid and I still hate it and that is why I wear velcro strap shoes and that is why I am a great American. Plus they were only $10, score. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-in-grade-school-that-are-still-valid/534330/23 "2010-04-02T12:56:49Z")

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Oh, I also learned to play chess. (Thanks, Mr. Miller.)

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**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-in-grade-school-that-are-still-valid/534330/24 "2010-04-02T15:23:51Z")

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In fifth grade I wrote (by hand; oy, my cursive was pretty bad at that time) a short “research” paper on the Saturn V rocket. That’s pretty much still valid.

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