Be able to correctly pronounce the words you would like to speak and have excellent spoken grammar.

Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized.

Be able to notice all the confusion between fact and opinion that appears in the news

Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.

Know how to garnish food so that it is more appealing to the eye and even more flavorful than before.

Spending waiting moments doing crossword puzzles or reading a book you brought yourself.

Geometry is beautifully logical, and it teaches you how to think and prove that things are so, step by step by step. Proofs are excellent lessons in reasoning. Without logic and reasoning, you are dependent on jumping to conclusions or - worse - having empty opinions.