ネイティブの英文で英語表現を覚えよう！　033　学校が教えてくれなかった人生の教訓

ネイティブが書いた英文を読むのが一番英語の上達に良いです！英語学習者向けに作られている本や動画では、ネイティブらしい表現を学ぶのに不十分です！「ネイティブの英軍で英語表現を覚えよう」はシリーズ化し、1000記事はまとめたいと思うので、これだけ読んでおけば日常英会話であれば上級者に慣れます！一緒に頑張りましょう！

キーワード	発音記号	意味
equations	/ɪˈkweɪʒənz/	方程式、等式
bounce back	/baʊns bæk/	立ち直る、跳ね返す
plans fall apart	/plænz fɔːl əˈpɑːrt/	計画が崩れる、計画が頓挫する
things don’t go your way	/θɪŋz doʊnt ɡoʊ jʊər weɪ/	物事が自分の思い通りにならない
primed	/praɪmd/	準備万端の、用意された
drowning	/ˈdraʊnɪŋ/	溺れている、圧倒されている
the long game	/ðə lɔːŋ ɡeɪm/	長期的な戦略、長い目で見る
repercussions	/ˌriːpərˈkʌʃənz/	影響、反響、余波
your greatest source of light	/jʊər ˈɡreɪtɪst sɔːrs əv laɪt/	あなたにとって最大の光、希望の源
the heaviest anchor	/ðə ˈheviɪst ˈæŋkər/	最も重い錨、最大の足かせ

What’s a lesson school never taught you, but life forced you to learn?

School taught me how to solve equations, write essays, and pass exams — but it never taught me how to handle failure, navigate uncertainty, or trust my instincts when everything feels unstable.

Life, on the other hand, made me learn:

How to bounce back when plans fall apart
How to manage time when motivation disappears
That people skills often matter more than perfect answers
And that real growth happens when things don’t go your way

So, I’m asking you:

What’s one thing life taught you — that no textbook ever could?

Let’s share the lessons we wish were part of every curriculum.

回答者１

School didn’t teach me about the world, business, money or my part in it. Sure they primed me for a 9-5 with a focus on “sit down, be quiet. Nobody wants to hear here but we all are so just do the work and then go home” except with school there was an additional “do homework from every class and come back”. It was so overwhelming and drowning that I checked out and did the bare minimum to pass.

What life taught me was how to play the long game. Each of my choices does have repercussions and if I study and practice and prepare well enough, I can cover about 80% of my life with well thought out goal executions.

I learned that sometimes things just happen regardless of how well you plan and structure. I learned that people can be either your greatest source of light or the heaviest anchor. I learned how to trust myself, heal myself, and rebuild myself.

Life hasn’t been a good time for me mostly, but I have learned who I am in life and I am really enjoying myself Because of how life just keeps evolving.

出典元

https://www.reddit.com/r/Life/comments/1k7jbpf/whats_a_lesson_school_never_taught_you_but_life/