In a testament to the stories we tell ourselves, 24-year-old Rhiannon Weisz is currently filing her taxes and grumbling about how “school never taught us the important, useful things,” as if she remembers literally anything from school at all.
“It’s just so frustrating that we had to learn a
British expat in the US here. I work in marketing for a tech company.
I was astonished that when someone suggested a rhyming couplet on one of our ads a) no one knew what a couplet was, and b) no one even understood the basic concept of meter.
Both those things are definitely covered in high school.
Whenever I see one of those “what would you tell your younger self / a younger generation to do” — definitely “pay attention to all your classes, it all becomes useful one day”
Yes even algebra. Yes even reading Of Mice and Men
What is a couplet?
Pretty sure it’s Juliet’s last name in Romeo and Juliet.
No, that’s Capulet.
I think a couplet is something nice you say about another person.
No, that’s a compliment.
You’re thinking of soft fabric you put down over hard flooring. 🤣
Ah yes, a rug