tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post7053659944280484499..comments2024-03-24T01:21:12.568-06:00Comments on Southern Mess: Who Cares About the Mockingbird? (& Other Things I Never Learned in School)Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406496813559775013noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-18526771986369648112013-10-12T21:57:03.626-05:002013-10-12T21:57:03.626-05:00Wait, if my metabolism started slowing at 22, I am...Wait, if my metabolism started slowing at 22, I am absolutely and totally effed in my late twenties!Whitney Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02330971294845568350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-53184338057160661352013-10-12T21:26:24.692-05:002013-10-12T21:26:24.692-05:00Amen! Couldn't agree more with this post.Amen! Couldn't agree more with this post. Paige @ Reasons to Come Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14074109218640375771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-57983100386521103382013-10-11T10:35:52.726-05:002013-10-11T10:35:52.726-05:00Haha, I loved some of these old school reminders -...Haha, I loved some of these old school reminders - those years were young and carefree but I love these years so much more!! Imagine if we had blogged the whole way through school and college too? xCaley-Jade Rosenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03883273703615634549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-48548490404738600872013-10-10T17:24:43.928-05:002013-10-10T17:24:43.928-05:00My husband and I were just talking about how colle...My husband and I were just talking about how college failed us! In 9 years between us (my hubs was on the 5 year plan too) no one taught us a single thing about loans, or mortgages, or taxes!! Building our own house has taught me more than any college class can teach!<br />I want to start a college class called Being an Adult: 101 and pull a Billy Madison and shake college kids little cheeks and tell them to never leave!!! hahaEmilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12646420926181366491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-69045234381542192042013-10-10T15:56:51.654-05:002013-10-10T15:56:51.654-05:00God, if there would have been a course called, &qu...God, if there would have been a course called, "How to Grow Up", I would have taken it. Because by the time you need to know how to buy a house, you're too busy-you need to just DO IT. There's no time to learn how! <br /><br />Cocktails and Goatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03056790605907722486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-61324412047239208692013-10-10T15:51:36.462-05:002013-10-10T15:51:36.462-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Cocktails and Goatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03056790605907722486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-84376539273450632672013-10-10T14:26:46.266-05:002013-10-10T14:26:46.266-05:00Being an accounting major in college definitely he...Being an accounting major in college definitely helped out in the personal finance/tax area but I totally agree that it absolutely SHOULD be a mandatory class in high school as well as college - so important!Courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17538224871477715399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-84816774717670579612013-10-10T13:40:39.579-05:002013-10-10T13:40:39.579-05:00AMEN to all of this, sister friend. I couldn't...AMEN to all of this, sister friend. I couldn't agree more. I wish they would've had home-ec still because I have a feeling I would've dominated in that class.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-72935864506773316612013-10-10T13:12:03.086-05:002013-10-10T13:12:03.086-05:00Some of us DID learn how to balance a checkbook an...Some of us DID learn how to balance a checkbook and are doing it right now. Some of us also learned how to rock at life.... (insert our gchat conversations here). Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13699293636698337811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-36692700519364615322013-10-10T12:59:41.575-05:002013-10-10T12:59:41.575-05:00I sure wish you had of been a teacher so I could h...I sure wish you had of been a teacher so I could have learned about not being able to eat all those burgers and still maintain my high school weight or anything about banking! Great post!!Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10977667228529615793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-24181182879277503072013-10-10T12:21:57.407-05:002013-10-10T12:21:57.407-05:00HAHA! It's so fun thinking back to all of the...HAHA! It's so fun thinking back to all of the memories & lessons learned... none of which involve an actual lesson or lecture in the classroom!Shayna @ The Fancy Yanceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07037030115310582105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-46718637411164335862013-10-10T12:20:32.413-05:002013-10-10T12:20:32.413-05:00Haha love this and so true. I can't remember ...Haha love this and so true. I can't remember half of what I learned in school. Jenn @ Lost in the Right Directionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17739295507898824699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-2027622211897762692013-10-10T12:13:05.821-05:002013-10-10T12:13:05.821-05:00Love this post!! Felt like a tribute to TBT and b...Love this post!! Felt like a tribute to TBT and brought back so many memories!!Brandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03860393652039437938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-46753789983313943822013-10-10T12:10:06.050-05:002013-10-10T12:10:06.050-05:00OMG this is soooo true!!! School did nothing to pr...OMG this is soooo true!!! School did nothing to prepare me for the real world!!!! There is so much I wish we would've been taught that actually mattered!!!!!Tammy Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434407219030795444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-28174901055698440482013-10-10T12:09:01.570-05:002013-10-10T12:09:01.570-05:00If you think your metabolism slows in your 20'...If you think your metabolism slows in your 20's...wait till your mid 30's!Amy Maysahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07275201990337970034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-49575978694232362402013-10-10T11:10:34.183-05:002013-10-10T11:10:34.183-05:00Relating on the soap in the dishwasher, Hubby did ...Relating on the soap in the dishwasher, Hubby did that three months ago when we got married and moved into our house together. There was soap everywhere!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15241082200664673556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-56442610315220155982013-10-10T11:03:31.450-05:002013-10-10T11:03:31.450-05:00Good lord if only you knew how strongly I feel abo...Good lord if only you knew how strongly I feel about the subject that is our educational system and how COMPLETELY screwed up it is. I could go on for days and be fuming for months. But I won't do that here. Just know that I wish it was normal to learn what a mortgage is instead of what sin+tan equals. <br /><br />And bravo on the apple juice beer. That is a well played trick.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15343933866101288659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-17010042235678379822013-10-10T10:52:24.494-05:002013-10-10T10:52:24.494-05:00This couldn't be more accurate! We just got ma...This couldn't be more accurate! We just got married and are putting together all of our insurance plans and etc and I'm over here like wtf is a Home Owners Association?!Jordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03072181944443144582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-26043189889430232692013-10-10T10:52:22.098-05:002013-10-10T10:52:22.098-05:00Love this! And laws, it is so true...Love this! And laws, it is so true...Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11965745384700743681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-91624831185490125522013-10-10T10:49:45.200-05:002013-10-10T10:49:45.200-05:00I seriously love everything about this. I often re...I seriously love everything about this. I often reflect back on the hard stuff you learn in your mid to late twenties that aren't even brought up in school. Ugh. I think lesson plans need some rearranging ;). Briannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12068633642567781108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-7784249768126380872013-10-10T10:37:30.252-05:002013-10-10T10:37:30.252-05:00*made those long lectures more interesting*made those long lectures more interestingKate at Green Fashionistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11104665064880942943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-23212458740807469702013-10-10T10:37:02.615-05:002013-10-10T10:37:02.615-05:00You brought beer to class?! Wish I had known you i...You brought beer to class?! Wish I had known you in college! That would have been those long lectures much more interesting :-PKate at Green Fashionistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11104665064880942943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8922169968197517205.post-30653589872063363762013-10-10T10:33:30.608-05:002013-10-10T10:33:30.608-05:00Liquid dish soap in the dishwasher!!! You carack ...Liquid dish soap in the dishwasher!!! You carack me up hun...Too funny.<br />JenJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02157740934833161145noreply@blogger.com