What They Forgot to Teach You at School

“To the surprise of any visiting alien, humans blithely educate themselves as if the chief requirement of adulthood were the possession of a set of technical skills, with no acknowledgement of the fact that what mostly runs us into the sands is … our inability to master what we could call the emotional dimensions of our lives.”

An honest, condensed book. I think everyone should read it as early in their life as possible. I’m happy that a lot of the advice doesn’t seem to apply to me, but gives me more tools to understand others.

I found this book when I needed it most. When I was really struggling with convictions about the world I felt were true, but didn't seem shared when I expressed them to others. Having these ideas validated and articulated in such a direct and clear way meant a lot to me. I'm so thankful I found it and I find myself rereading it and referencing it in my mind multiple times a day.