10 School Lessons That Would Be Far More Useful Than Algebra

4. How To Sew And Knit

This might sound a tad old fashioned, especially when we can buy clothes so cheap now, but still in hindsight knowing how to fix that button or stitch that small tear in a irreplaceable favourite jacket, would've have been useful. Being able to sew also means you can alter clothes and make them more personal - drop or raise a hem, change the buttons, sew on a pocket. Then there's the ever increasing popularity of self-made cosplay costumes and hobbies like yarn-bombing, making sewing and knitting skills not only useful but good fun too. And if you excel at it enough and end up making tons of hats, dresses or crocheted TARDIS toys, you could start selling them on places like Etsy and make money - and lets be honest has algebra started making money for any of us yet? No. No it has not.