My Real-World Curriculum: What Students Actually Need to Succeed - It's 2025, Wake Up America!

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Ever wonder why you can recite the periodic table but can't file your taxes? The education system has some serious explaining to do.

The Rock Bottom Podcast rips apart our outdated school curriculum and rebuilds it from scratch with the classes we desperately needed but never got. From "Money Over Memorization" (teaching you to read a W-2 without crying) to "Sell Me This Pen or Go Broke" (where you'll learn to pitch anything from cookies to content), we're creating the dream high school schedule built for future entrepreneurs, creators, and anyone who just wants financial independence before 30.

We tackle the hard truth that while American teens practice square dancing and build paper mache volcanoes, students in Finland enjoy no homework with better mental health outcomes. German 16-year-olds are building BMW engines. Japanese schools teach responsibility alongside academics. Singapore incorporates coding and startup culture into everyday learning.

Our reimagined curriculum doesn't just cover finances and entrepreneurship – it dives into emotional intelligence too. Learn conflict resolution without cancel culture, process anxiety while still finishing that group project, and master the art of looking together on three hours of sleep. Because let's face it: crying in the parking lot between AP classes is basically an elective at this point.

Ready for an education revolution? This episode is your permission slip to ditch the useless memorization and focus on skills that actually determine adult success. Share your dream class ideas or your real-life schedule by tagging Rock Bottom Podcast – we'll feature the best ones that don't suck. The real world's coming faster than you think, and quadratic equations won't pay your rent.

Peace, Love & God Above! :-)

Episode Transcript

Speaker 0 (00:00):
What's up guys?
This is DJ ESG and welcome tothe Rock Bottom Podcast.
I put two sentences in my mainpodcast description because I
can't really talk about it.
I'm excited about it, butthat's all I can say.
You got to look and read thosetwo lines and then just bear
with me for a while and Ericjust shut up and just move on.
Yeah, anyway, back to the RockBottom Podcast episode.

(00:21):
The school they should havebuilt, but didn't because of
bureaucracy.
Okay, class, today we'll belearning quadratic equations
Again, because obviously nothingscreams adult success like
graphing a parable.
Hell, no, not on this podcast.
Welcome to the Rock BottomCurriculum, where we teach you
things schools avoid harder thanyour gym teacher avoids leg day
.
This is the dream high schoolschedule, built for TikTok stars

(00:43):
, future CEOs, cryptodegenerates, freelance badasses
and the kid who just wants tomove out before age 30.
All right, I'm going to breakthis down into parts.
Class money over memorization,because you can't Venmo your
landlord a sonnet.
Learn to read a W-2 withoutcrying.
What's a 401k?
No, it's noton's roboticsidekick.

(01:07):
Why your paycheck disappearsfaster than your will to live
during finals week and budgetingtaxes, rent credit cards and
why you shouldn't buy yeezyswith your fafsa refund.
What's more useful memorizingthe periodic table or knowing
how to file your taxes?
Answer it's a trick question.
Neither is useful.
If you live in a van down bythe river, okay, class, sell me
this pen or go broke.

(01:28):
This isn't shark tank, it's apiranha pool.
Learn to pitch anything fromcookies to content, cold call
confidence, elevator pitchfinesse and closing deals
without sounding like a disneychannel villain.
Real life assignments sell girlscott cookies without using

(01:57):
there for charity side hustlebreakdowns.
Reselling jordans.
Torturing Bye Vibes, not vices.
How to process anger withoutthrowing your Chromebook,
understanding anxiety but stillbeing able to finish that group
project where you do all thework.
Why?
Crying in a parking lot doesn'tmean you're weak.
It means you've been to threestraight AP classes and haven't
eaten since 7 am.
Conflict resolution withoutcancel culture.

(02:19):
Teaching freshmen to stop fakesmiling through trauma and say
yo, I need help.
Extra credit Apologize like agrown-up Not sorry you felt that
way, but an actual, my bad,revolutionary stuff.
You know what I mean?
Okay, class.
How to get your shit together.
Motivational speakers won'tsave you.
You will Bounce back like yougot rubber bones.

(02:40):
Turn rejection into fuel, nottears.
Master the art of looking likeyou have your life together on
three hours of sleep and noclean socks.
Final project start something,finish something, don't ghost
halfway through it If you fail.
Cool, we build character here,not transcripts.
Class social media is the newSAT how to build a brand before
your school even has decentWi-Fi.

(03:01):
Instagram bios that slap.
Linkedin profiles that don'tscream.
Help me Content creation forcash flow, not just clout, and
make a reel.
Go viral and monetize that shitbefore your school bans phones
again.
Bonus lecture how to slide intoDMs without getting blocked.
Social etiquette the remix,respect, consent and not being
weird.

(03:21):
Class in the meantime, I want tolet you know in other countries
, actual teenagers be like thisFinland no homework, no
standardized tests, actual joyStudents call teachers by their
first names.
It's basically Hogwarts withbetter mental health.
Germany dual track system by 16, you're either running a bakery
or building a BMW engine.
No filler classes like intro toworksheets.

(03:43):
Japan they clean the school.
Respect plus cleanliness equalstop tier humans.
Singapore, schools teach coding, startup culture and innovation
.
It's like if Jeff Bezos wasyour homeroom teacher, but less
problematic.
America still teaching you tosquare dance and make paper
mache volcanoes Yay, classclosing bell.
This has been the Rock BottomPodcast, your substitute teacher

(04:05):
for the day, except instead ofrolling in a tv cart, we brought
you truth, bombs and traumahealing.
Dm us your dream class cloutmanagement, crypto and
consequences, how to break upwithout a restraining order.
Post your own real life classschedule and tag rock bottom
podcast.
We'll feature the best ones onour feed, unless they suck class
dismissed.
Now go learn something usefulon youtube or here.
Either way, the real world'scoming quicker than you know and

(04:27):
you need to be prepared for it.
I hate to break it to you, butarchaeology and indiana jones it
was great in the 80s.
I'm dj esg.
Peace, love and god aboveamerica.
Get it together.
I'm out, bye.