Adulthood Pending
They Taught Us the Recorder—Not Taxes (aka: The Millennial Curriculum Was a Joke)
01 Aug 2025
🎥 They Taught Us the Recorder—Not Taxes(aka: The Millennial Curriculum Was a Joke)Remember when school taught us how to square dance, label mitochondria, and make dioramas… but not how to budget, file taxes, or break a lease? Same.In this episode, Zaga and Nick take attendance for the absolute dumbest things we were taught growing up—and the life skills we really needed instead. From cursive trauma to fake college courses that sound too real (yes, “Tree Climbing” was legit), we’re breaking down the millennial school system one useless fact at a time.If you ever:✔️ Used a TI-83 to draw stick figures instead of graphing✔️ Thought you’d need to recite all 50 state capitals in a job interview✔️ Still don’t understand W-4s but can sew a pillow like a bossThis one’s for you.🎒 In This Episode:📚 Useless Lessons 101 – Why we know how to build popsicle stick bridges but not how to rent an apartment💸 What We Should’ve Learned – Emotional regulation, budgeting, and other things that actually matter🧠 Real or Fake College Class? – Take our pop quiz and see if you can guess which classes are legit🎲 Draft Game – What would be in your Millennial School Survival Pack?🎤 Bonus Bits:“We got graded for coloring inside the lines… and now we’re too anxious to call our landlord.”“Turns out mitochondria knowledge doesn’t help you refinance your car.”💬 Drop a Comment:📢 What’s something school taught you that’s been completely useless in adulthood?🧠 What subject do you wish they’d taught?👀 Which ridiculous class from our quiz do you lowkey wish was real?👕 Rep the Chaos:We made merch for people who peaked in Home Ec.👉 Shop now at adulthoodpending.myspreadshop.com👯♂️ Join our Discord – The only class you actually want to be in:👉 https://discord.gg/guMbYn3jjp🔔 Subscribe for more weekly millennial nonsense—nostalgia, burnout, and the stuff they really should’ve put on the syllabus.#AdulthoodPending #FunnyPodcast #MillennialStruggles #TheyTaughtUsTheRecorder #AdultingFails #RelatablePodcast #MillennialHumor #WhyAmIStillLikeThis #PodcastClip #MillennialSchoolFail
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