Common sense comes from experience, and kids need to fail as well as succeed in order to learn it. It's difficult to develop common sense when you spend a lot of time in your room where nothing much happens.

Learn at least two classic ballroom dances, at least one of them Latin.

A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.

Be able to identify the most common breeds of dogs and cats on sight.

There's plenty of intelligence in the world, but the courage to do things differently is in short supply.

Know which officials are voted into office and which are appointed, and by whom.

I believe that love--not imitation--is the sincerest form of flattery. Your imitator thinks that you can be duplicated; your lover knows you can't.