“School is basically the tutorial for life #realtalk” is a school saying that was posted on Twitter on September 1, 2012. “What if school is just like a tutorial for life” was posted on Twitter on May 24, 2013. “School is basically a tutorial for life” was posted on Twitter on July 17, 2013.
“School is like a tutorial for life” was posted on Reddit—Shower Thoughts on October 16, 2016.
The length of the tutorial—years—is often mentioned. “School is just a really long tutorial” is a related saying.
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Kyle Hunter
@bigdog180
School is basically the tutorial for life #realtalk
11:38 AM - 1 Sep 2012
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Mohd Siddiq (⌐■_■)
@RandomGuySid
What if school is just like a tutorial for life. :O
10:16 AM - 24 May 2013
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YAS ANALOGY
@AINEDAVISDOTCOM
school is basically a tutorial for life
4:42 PM - 17 Jul 2013
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a very stable genius
@datrileytho
School is the tutorial for life, but it’s about as shitty as the tutorial for League of Legends.
3:04 PM - 29 Jul 2013
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C-Bleezy
@CoreyBlazek
Graduating high school is like passing the tutorial for life.
3:48 PM - 26 Jan 2014
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Jeremy
@combs_photo
School is like a tutorial for life
8:59 AM - 12 Jul 2015
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
School is like a tutorial for life
submitted October 16, 2016 by [deleted]
COMMENTS
Grab_Em_By_The_Puzzy
Except, they don’t teach much that you’re actually going to use in the real world…
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
School is just the boring and poorly explained tutorial for life.
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