> Thing learned at school that I’m still unlearning:
1. You only have one chance to do anything, and if you fail you’re either stupid or lazy
2. Asking questions gets you in trouble
3. There’s only one correct way to do things, and it’s up to authority to decide which way it is
4. Your work is only worth as much as the local authority decides it is worth
5. You are only supposed to work on things that are assigned to you
6. You need explicit permission each time you want to do anything that wasn’t specifically assigned to you, including taking a pee
7. Cooperating with other people is cheating
8. Your work doesn’t have to serve any purpose other than measuring how much you’re worth, it will likely be discarded right away
9. You must be smart but not too smart, doing things ahead of the schedule gets you in trouble
10. Knowledge comes from lectures and books rather than experimentation
11. Education has to be serious, if you’re having too much fun you’re going to get grounded
12. Moving your body is forbidden, except for 2h/week when you will be measured on your ability to play ball games
there can be only one top performer, and it matters who.
You show your work to others/for evaluation only when it's done.
it's important to be a "critical thinker", but only about things you've been told to be critical of
If you re-use something you've done before, that's cheating