Reddit Experience · Apr 2026

Students/grads, what did school teach you? Is community college enough?

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Do you guys remember what you were taught in school? Or if you're still in school, what major things have they emphasized? Maybe a better question is, what do you think were the most important things/

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Do you guys remember what you were taught in school? Or if you're still in school, what major things have they emphasized? Maybe a better question is, what do you think were the most important things/skills you learned? Or what do you wish they had taught you before you got into the workforce? I'm finishing up my junior year of a BAT at a community college (in the middle of nowhere) & having a little bit of a crisis. I talked to one of our transfers and the tech school he came from sounded way cooler, more hands-on, more useful topics covered. He was really dissatisfied with the class we had together, and since I've been so focused on trying to keep good grades I hadn't even thought to criticize the curriculum itself. I know it's a huge field so I can't learn everything in four years, and I know, buzzwords aren't everything, "being willing to learn is more important than pretending to know it all," I've heard that before. Something still feels missing, but I don't know what that would be. I'm not taking a summer class, so I was thinking I could at least try and build on what I've learned in my free time.

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