 Know where to find the sunrise and sunset times and note how the sky looks at those times, at least once. |
| Capital punishment is the source of many an argument, both good and bad. |
| Play more than one game at a time. This is a painless way to learn how to do many things at once. |
| Know how weather, especially humidity, can affect the movement of doors and windows. |
| What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from." |
| Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces. |
| Know how to treat frostbite until you can get indoors. |
| Know how to behave at a fine restaurant, which is a telltale measure of social maturity. |
| Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception. |
| Be able to meet any deadline, even if your work is done less well than it would be if you had all the time you would have preferred. |
| Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service. |
| Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list. |
| Know how to drive safely when it's raining or when it's snowing. The two conditions are different. |
| Know what to do if you feel faint or dizzy, especially if you might fall and hit your head. |
| Many people feel they must multi-task because everybody else is multitasking, but this is partly because they are all interrupting each other so much. |
| Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life. |
| Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom. |
| I suspect that some apparently homosexual people are really heterosexuals who deeply phobic about the opposite sex or have other emotional problems. |
| Be able to suffer wearing a necktie or slightly high heels for an entire evening without complaint or early removal. |
| Be able to correctly pronounce the words you would like to speak and have excellent spoken grammar. |
