# Why don't public schools teach good looks? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 7, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-public-schools-teach-good-looks/751465 "2016-04-07T18:20:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-public-schools-teach-good-looks/751465/61 "2016-04-09T17:56:16Z")
> [@TheSundial](#): > > Why don’t public schools teach good looks? To be fair, when I was in high school I learned that by drinking alcohol I could at least make other people look good. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-public-schools-teach-good-looks/751465/62 "2016-04-09T18:53:22Z")
> [@skdo23](#): > > To be fair, when I was in high school I learned that by drinking alcohol I could at least make other people look good. Did you learn this in school, or from listening to Country/Western radio? [The Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdkRtmk4pTE). ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-public-schools-teach-good-looks/751465/63 "2016-04-09T19:36:08Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Did you learn this in school, or from listening to Country/Western radio? > > [The Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdkRtmk4pTE). …[Or this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTLV3mseYTA&nohtml5=False)… ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-public-schools-teach-good-looks/751465/64 "2016-04-10T22:45:04Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > After I read this I tried rubbing my inner ear but my eardrum got in the way. You have to push harder to get past it. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-public-schools-teach-good-looks/751465/65 "2016-04-11T17:58:50Z")
Imagine the trauma of the kids who fail the “Look Good” course. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-public-schools-teach-good-looks/751465/66 "2016-04-11T18:17:11Z")
> [@Lowdown](#): > > I’m attractive. It’s great. As a child, I spent countless hours squishing my face and head just-so. Took a couple decades to pay off but man was it worth it. To be fair though, I didn’t learn it in school. Which is the OP’s point, I guess. My parents showed me how because they love me. I just assume all ugly people (and there are a lot of you) were adopted. OMG, I am adopted. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-public-schools-teach-good-looks/751465/67 "2016-04-11T19:39:21Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Imagine the trauma of the kids who fail the “Look Good” course. It is graded on a scale of 1 to 10. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-public-schools-teach-good-looks/751465.md?page=3)