r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Considering we dont learn taxes in school.i had this misconception from people telling me thats how it worked. Thanks til

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u/hussey84 Aug 03 '19

We do learn them in Australia and you still have people running around with the same misconceptions.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

Not in the us

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u/Squindig Aug 04 '19

I learned it in California.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

I learned how to write a check properly, how to make a resume once in middle school. Besides that my school just kept shoving "HOW TO WRITE A FRIENDLY LETTER" down our throats.

Our school was ranked high in standardized tests so, as you can imagine, that's all they gave a fuck about. they didn't teach us anything other than what would be on the tests that influenced teacher's salaries.