10 things to learn at school this year

I believe it was Mark Twain who said 'Dont let school get in the way of
your education'.  Guy Kawasaki comes up with 10 things he thinks you
should get educated on this school year, and most of them you wont find
in the normal lectures but they are things you can and should learn at
school before you get tossed into the working world:

http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/08/ten_things_to_l.html

Clip:
"This is a list of what I wished I learned in school before I graduated.

How to talk to your boss. In college, you're supposed to bring problems
to your teachers during office hours, and you share the experience of
coming up with a solution. In the real world, you're supposed to bring
solutions to your boss in an email, in the hall, or in a five-minute
conversation. Typically, your boss either already knows about the
problem or doesn't want to know about it. Your role is to provide
answers, not questions. Believe it or not, but in the real world, those
who can do, do. Those who can't do, share with others who can't do.

How to survive a meeting that's poorly run. Unfortunately, it could be a
while before you run meetings. Until then, you'll be a hapless victim of
them, so adopt these three practices to survive. First, assume that most
of what you'll hear is pure, petty, ass-covering bull shiitake, and it's
part of the game. This will prevent you from going crazy. Second, focus
on what you want to accomplish in the meeting and ignore everything
else. Once you get what you want, take yourself "out of your body," sit
back, and enjoy the show. Third, vow to yourself that someday you'll
start a company, and your meetings won't work like this.

How to run a meeting. Hopefully, you'll be running meetings soon. Then
you need to understand that the primary purpose of a business meeting is
to make a decision. It is not to share experiences or feel warm and
fuzzy. With that in mind, here are five key points to learn about
running a meeting: (1) Start on time even if everyone isn't there
because they will be next time; (2) Invite the fewest people possible to
the meeting; (3) Set an agenda for exactly what's going to happen at the
meeting; (4) End on time so that everyone focuses on the pertinent
issues; (5) Send an email to all participants that confirms decisions
reviews action items. There are more power tips for running good
meetings, but if you do these five, you're ahead of 90% of the world.

How to figure out anything on your own. Armed with Google, PDFs of
manuals, and self-reliance, force yourself to learn how to figure out
just about anything on your own. There are no office hours, no teaching
assistants, and study groups in the real world. Actually, the real world
is one long, often lonely independent study, so get with it. Here's a
question to test your research prowess. How do you update the calendar
in a Motorola Q phone with appointments stored in Now-Up-To-Date? (I'll
send a copy of The Art of the Start to the first person with a good
answer.)"