Comments on: What I Wish I’d Been Taught In School https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/08/26/what-i-wish-id-been-taught-in-school/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: David Murray https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/08/26/what-i-wish-id-been-taught-in-school/#comment-46580 Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:24:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=18707#comment-46580 Oh dear, I should have learned from my previous life not to upset math teachers. More seriously, I agree with the appreciation point – amazement and wonder too.

]]> By: Kim https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/08/26/what-i-wish-id-been-taught-in-school/#comment-46567 Fri, 26 Sep 2014 20:58:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=18707#comment-46567 As a former math teacher, I would like to mention that God beautifully ordered creation and math is a reflection of this. Also, think of all the modern items we would not have if people did not study and develop mathematics (for instance, this computer and platform called the internet that you are using right now). I had a teacher once who said when we asked why we had to study a certain topic, we were never going to use is (most likely), he said appreciation. Appreciation for those who would use it and the gift that would flow from their love of the subject. Some of the items you listed can be taught in a school, but I found they are best learned by doing (teaching, budgeting, exercising).

]]> By: Paul Bruggink https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/08/26/what-i-wish-id-been-taught-in-school/#comment-46418 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:53:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=18707#comment-46418 I assume that you would have appreciated having a teacher like the one Sidney Poitier played in the movie “To Sir, With Love”?

]]> By: LATEST LINKS https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/08/26/what-i-wish-id-been-taught-in-school/#comment-46415 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 08:43:48 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=18707#comment-46415 […] What I Wish I’d Been Taught In School […]

]]> By: Arthur https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/08/26/what-i-wish-id-been-taught-in-school/#comment-46405 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:57:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=18707#comment-46405 I second AlanDueck. Parents, it is our responsibility. I believe school is the cause of so much illiteracy today because so many parents figure the best they can do is to send their child to the best school, and work hard at their vocation to pay for it. I had a similar school experience, and it wasn’t until years after highschool that I began to put my finger on it: Schooling rarely equals education. In the instances it does, it is despite the method, and usually because of godly, committed teachers who manage to eke an education out of a system that hampers and hinders in almost every conceivable way.

Parents, it’s time to be parents again! If you must use a school, use it as sparingly as possible. As you can see outlined in the post above, the things that time is spent on inside of school aren’t nearly as important as what you learn outside, in the real world.

If you need to take your child out of school for a day to teach them something really worthwhile, don’t consider it cheating your child of a portion of their education; chances are they will learn much more, remember it longer, and profit from it.

A parent who is striving to be godly, work hard, and invest in their children and pray for them, pointing them to the Savior = the best teacher. It is not about knowledge (facts), for the a Ph. D. would be the best for them. It is about Wisdom (how to apply those facts in a godly manner).

]]> By: Dan https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/08/26/what-i-wish-id-been-taught-in-school/#comment-46398 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 16:44:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=18707#comment-46398 Ditto that. I’m glad my parents handled that rather than my high school teachers, some of whom were questionably competent outside their own academic subjects.

]]> By: Ladycelt https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/08/26/what-i-wish-id-been-taught-in-school/#comment-46396 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 10:23:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=18707#comment-46396 “You might end up with less people like me.”

Technically, that should read, “You might end up with fewer people like me”. Sorry, grammar nazi…

If I could pick just one of the things on that list that I wish someone had effectively taught me, it would be time management. My lack in that area has dogged me my entire adult life.

]]> By: The Daily Discovery (August 27, 2014) - Entreating Favor https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/08/26/what-i-wish-id-been-taught-in-school/#comment-46395 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 09:46:41 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=18707#comment-46395 […] What I Wish I’d Been Taught In School – “My high school years were pretty disastrous – not just academically but morally and spiritually too. As I look back, I take a large part of the blame for that; I made so many wrong and foolish decisions about friends, money, relationships, media, and entertainment. I ended up leaving school one year early, and it wasn’t until my early twenties, after I was converted, that education became so important to me. A late starter, you might say.” […]

]]> By: What I Wish I’d Been Taught In School https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/08/26/what-i-wish-id-been-taught-in-school/#comment-46393 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 04:03:01 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=18707#comment-46393 […] is Professor of Old Testament & Practical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. This article first appeared on his blog, Head Heart Hand, and is used with […]

]]> By: Mary VanDoodewaard https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/08/26/what-i-wish-id-been-taught-in-school/#comment-46392 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 15:30:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=18707#comment-46392 Reading this I am very thankful that I went to school in The Netherlands (to a christian school) where we were taught many of the things that you lacked and in great depth as well..

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