Know where to find the sunrise and sunset times and note how the sky looks at those times, at least once.

Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.

Be able to decline a date so gracefully that the person isn't embarrassed that he or she asked.

No one would choose to be jerked randomly off task again and again until you have half a dozen things you're trying to get done, all at the same time.

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

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

The only real meaning in life can be found in a good man. And maybe Paris. Preferably the two together.