4sight Health March 15, 2023
Kids and adults like to complain about classes they had to take in school that, in their opinion, have no application in real life. “I’ll never use algebra when I’m older!” “Why did they make us dissect frogs in biology? I’ve never had to dissect a frog in 40 years!” That sort of thing.
For whatever reason, I find myself in the other camp. You never know when a seemingly useless piece of knowledge — or a tiny flathead brass wood screw — will come in handy. (You should see my workbench.)
Last week, one of my seemingly useless pieces of knowledge saved my mom from a $250 medical bill. It’s not much, but to an 84-year-old raised by Depression-era...