New research in the UK revealed 30 things, adults wish they were taught at school. The study suggests that people favour vocational subjects on the curriculum over learning more traditional subjects, Joinfo.ua reports with the reference to The Sun.
Drama, art and French were the three subjects considered the ‘least useful’ on the school syllabus.
Surprisingly, four in ten of the Brits surveyed didn’t believe their school had provided them with enough education to get them through life.
Here is the list:
- How to budget
- The importance of insurance
- How loans work
- How to wire a plug
- How to take out a pension
- How to drive
- How to buy a house
- How to put up a shelf
- How to open a bank account
- How to plaster a wall
- How to change a car tyre
- How to turn the water off in the house
- Things to look for when buying a second hand car
- How to change the taps
- How to lay a carpet
- How to tile a room
- How to cook a Sunday roast
- How to jump start a car
- How to unblock a toilet
- How to strip wallpaper without damaging the wall
- How to assemble flat pack furniture
- How to bring up a baby
- How to unblock a plug
- How to grout
- How to use a drill
- How to read an electric/gas meter
- How to fix a bike
- How to put up a fence
- How to build a wall
- How to change a lightbulb.
How many of them can you do?