Obsolete Skills Identification Of
| Field | Following instructions |
| Went Obsolete | Sometime around the "No Child Left Behind" policy |
| Made Obsolete By | nothing |
| Knowledge Assumed | Comprehension of the English Language, |
| When useful | Always |
There are many items on this list that are not really skills. A skill is defined as ability to use knowledge to perform a task.
Some of the items on this list are not really skills, unless you think we're all just a bunch of trained apes.
Criteria to identify a skill:
- Does the activity require knowledge and training
- Will the activity result in some outcome influenced by the actions of number 1
- etc.
Among the items that really are skills, many are not obsolete, except perhaps within the limited social circle of the submitter.