Country Life magazine has recently posted a list of 39 things that it thinks school leavers should be able to do if they are going to have a better life.
Many of these are skills that they feel the average school leaver should have... I've had a quick look through the list and here are my comments and an overall assessment on my skill levels (bearing in mind that it's a while now since I left school, so if I was going to need these skills one would imagine that I would have used them by now...)
1. YES - if you count beans on toast...
2. NO - although I can ask where the toilets are...
3. YES - you should see me on the Bodhran (and Garageband)
4. NO
5. YES
6. YES - would get a good mark on this one...
7. YES - though I need to update my certificate
8. YES
9. NO
10. NO
11. NO
12. NO
13. YES
14. PROBABLY...
15. NO...
16. NO
17. I'd have a go...
18. Does a Roast chicken count ?
19. NO
20. YES and NO...
21. NO
22. YES
23. YES
24. YES
25. DEFINITELY...
26. Does the "52 Card Pick Up" count...
27. YES
28. YES
29. Probably my strongest skill this one...
30. YES
31. YES to the first one, but NO to the other two...
32. STORYTELLING perhaps but not Magic
33. YES, although I'd have to ask Derek Robertson to help me with the tent...
34. YES
35. YES... so far...
36. PROBABLY...
37. NO
38. YES
39. NO... unless it's in parcel and I'm the postman...
Read through the list in the Telegraph article first, to see how many of them you think you can do.
I'm not convinced I would do very well overall...
What would be your essential life-skills for school leavers ?
Can you and your colleagues cover all the skills between you ?
Thanks to @NessieFuery on Twitter for the original tip-off to the list...
Many of these are skills that they feel the average school leaver should have... I've had a quick look through the list and here are my comments and an overall assessment on my skill levels (bearing in mind that it's a while now since I left school, so if I was going to need these skills one would imagine that I would have used them by now...)
1. YES - if you count beans on toast...
2. NO - although I can ask where the toilets are...
3. YES - you should see me on the Bodhran (and Garageband)
4. NO
5. YES
6. YES - would get a good mark on this one...
7. YES - though I need to update my certificate
8. YES
9. NO
10. NO
11. NO
12. NO
13. YES
14. PROBABLY...
15. NO...
16. NO
17. I'd have a go...
18. Does a Roast chicken count ?
19. NO
20. YES and NO...
21. NO
22. YES
23. YES
24. YES
25. DEFINITELY...
26. Does the "52 Card Pick Up" count...
27. YES
28. YES
29. Probably my strongest skill this one...
30. YES
31. YES to the first one, but NO to the other two...
32. STORYTELLING perhaps but not Magic
33. YES, although I'd have to ask Derek Robertson to help me with the tent...
34. YES
35. YES... so far...
36. PROBABLY...
37. NO
38. YES
39. NO... unless it's in parcel and I'm the postman...
Read through the list in the Telegraph article first, to see how many of them you think you can do.
I'm not convinced I would do very well overall...
What would be your essential life-skills for school leavers ?
Can you and your colleagues cover all the skills between you ?
Thanks to @NessieFuery on Twitter for the original tip-off to the list...
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