Things You Really Ought To Know.
(By the time you leave High School)
(in no particular order)
 

• What time zone you live in.
• What the Bill of Rights is. (Hint: It's NOT a list of Rights granted to us by our government.)
• Health Care Is Not A Right.
• The plural form of you is also you.
• There is only one n in icing.
• The swastika is not evil. It has been a symbol of good luck and prosperity for centuries. Hitler didn't invent it and swastika isn't a German word, it's Sanskrit - actually svastika (the German letter w is pronounced as a v).
• Mine is already possessive, it doesn't need an 's on the end.
• Nuclear is pronounced noo-klee-err, not nuke-you-ler (for GW).
• They are Canada Geese, not Canadian Geese.
• The First Amendment does NOT require the separation of Church and State.
• There is no x in picture.
• A watched pot will in fact eventually boil, given there is enough heat applied to it.
• Speed bumps are of negligible effect if you triple the desired restraining speed.
• Inquiring is not axing.
• Illegal aliens are not immigrants, refugees or undocumented workers. They are criminals.
• Across doesn't end with a t.
• ...neither does cousin.
• How Money Works.

Oh, and here's something else you really ought to know: