6. Learn from mistakes
It was incredibly difficult but so rewarding to learn in elementary school that making mistakes is not the end of the world and we can recover and learn from them. I think this life lesson is especially valuable for all the introverts who wanted to disappear after making some mistake or after some innocent embarrassment situation. Learning that Thomas Edison failed thousands of times before discovering the light bulb is more than comforting. Fail, do better, try again is the mantra we practice whole life and that’s why we found it important to put this on our list of 10 life lessons learned in elementary school.