Since I didn’t learn budgeting skills or how to file taxes, I’d say the most important thing I learned in high school was an appreciation for world art.
One of the most influential classes I ever took was AP Art History. I would say that I enjoyed art before that, and I was even a halfway decent artist myself. But learning the origin stories of some of the world’s oldest art and continuing through the ages really opened my eyes.
I learned that I wanted to view the world through the eyes of all those artists, from the creator of the Venus of Willendorf to Michelangelo’s Pieta and beyond.
I didn’t have the means to travel at the time, but I knew that once I could, I would make travel a priority. That class didn’t just teach me about art—it gave me a lifelong sense of curiosity about the world.
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