the school of life

the school of life

The informal education one receives by learning from one's experiences, both good and bad, rather than a formal educational institution. My uncle might not have made it past grade school, but he's learned more from the school of life than most of our professors. A proper education is indeed important, but do not neglect the lessons you receive from the school of life.
See also: life, of, school
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • the university of life
  • uncle
  • Uncle!
  • cried all the way to the bank, he/she
  • grade
  • above (one's) pay grade
  • beyond (one's) pay grade
  • paygrade
  • make points
  • make points (with someone)
References in periodicals archive
The School of Life and Anna Doherty (illustrator); BIG IDEAS FOR CURIOUS MINDS; The School of Life (Children's: Juvenile Nonfiction) 24.99 ISBN: 9781999747145
Permission for a PS54.3 million Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building that will bring together up to 300 biomedical researchers from across the School of Life Sciences and Warwick Medical School to fight human diseases is also being sought.
- Peking University - appointed as Honorary Trustee of Peking University; setting up the Lui Che Woo School of Life Sciences Fund to support the development of the School of Life Sciences of Peking University and the construction of a new Life Sciences research building to be named as the "Lui Che Woo Building"
"It's like a dream come true for the School of Life Sciences and the University of Hyderabad', said Professor Appa Rao Podile, Vice-Chancellor, UoH.
Part of a series supported by The School of Life, an organization dedicated to making philosophy relevant to modern life, this book explores the work of early 20th century philosopher Henri Bergson.
As far as I can remember, the only life lessons I received was from the school of life. I, for all my sins and many mistakes, am self taught.
Professor Dennis Leech, president of the Warwick branch of the University and College Union (UCU), said: "The university management has informed the unions about possible job losses in Warwick Medical School and the School of Life Sciences.
He was formerly the dean of the School of Life Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University--a department he founded in 1970.
So I was curious to see if, as promised by the School of Life's bibliotherapy service, a book be prescribed as an antidote to my modern ails.
Joanna Blythman will talk in the St Chad's College chapel about her book, What to Eat, and it is also the venue for Thriving not Surviving, an event featuring four thinkers from The School of Life, a London-based enterprise specialising in good ideas for everyday life.
Professor Martin Griffin, dean of the School of Life and Health Sciences, told OT: "We are incredibly proud of this achievement.
The School of Life has so often been a better imparter of wisdom and experience than any educational establishment.
QUOTE of the week comes from my sweet, inquisitive, seven-year-old, who is like a sponge that readily absorbs every iota of information and education in the school of life.
But all those university softies tend to come a cropper years later when they find themselves in competition with all us hard-bitten graduates of the School of Life.