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Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.

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Be able to recognize the dangerous snakes, spiders, insects, and plants that live in your area of the country.
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Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person.
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Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.
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Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.
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Be able to suffer wearing a necktie or slightly high heels for an entire evening without complaint or early removal.
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Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity.
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Know why certain foods, such as truffles, are expensive. It's not because they taste best.
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When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations.
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Be able to confide your innermost secrets to your mother and your innermost fears to your father.
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Society needs people who can manage projects in addition to handling individual tasks.
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Be able to decline a date so gracefully that the person isn't embarrassed that he or she asked.
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Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.
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Know how to garnish food so that it is more appealing to the eye and even more flavorful than before.
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Know where to find the sunrise and sunset times and note how the sky looks at those times, at least once.
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Be able to blow out a dinner candle without sending wax flying across the table.
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The freedom to be an individual is the essence of America.
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If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart.
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Attention-deficit disorders seem to abound in modern society, and we don't know the cause.
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Know how to effectively voice a complaint or make a claim at a retail store.
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Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin.
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Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary.
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While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.
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Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them.
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Be able to identify the most common breeds of dogs and cats on sight.
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A person who learns to juggle six balls will be more skilled than the person who never tries to juggle more than three.
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Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life with a self-image developed over the course of high school.
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Have you ever noticed that when you must struggle to hear something, you close your eyes?
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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.
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Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom.
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Know how your representatives stand on major national or state issues.
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Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.
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Be able to keep a secret or promise when you know in your heart that it is the right thing to do.
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Know the difference between principles based on right or wrong vs. principles based on personal gain, and consider the basis of your own principles.
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Know how to drive safely when it's raining or when it's snowing. The two conditions are different.
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Be able to describe anything visual, such as a street scene, in words that convey your meaning.
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Be able to notice all the confusion between fact and opinion that appears in the news.
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Know how to behave at a fine restaurant, which is a telltale measure of social maturity.
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