A formal course in etiquette and a working knowledge of a basic dress wardrobe. He may never dine with HRH Charles, but will know enough not to wear cowboy boots with a dinner jacket or eat his asparagus with a grapefruit spoon. Major literature is constantly being referenced in our society. The best class I ever took was the Bible as literature. It makes the silly squabble of intelligent design vs Evolutionary theory pretty hollow. When he's done another religous text studied in the same manner makes both more wondrous as a good read and expression of the divine. I would pass on the Mahabarada though, that tome took me a year in between light reading like War and Peace and Lord of the Rings. Has he read and attended a Shakespeare play? I would add a ballet, opera , classical concert and a day at an art museum. A second language opens the world's door if but a few inches. Find some hardscrabble, organic or traditional farm and put him behind a plow. If he can work in harmony with a molly mule the workplace is easy ( and a lot less engaging.) Can he cook? I could have resolved all those Cary Grant-Ingrid Bergman, Rock Hudson -Doris Day movies in one reel by cooking biscuits and sausage gravy along with coffee and serving breakfast in bed. If it was Dianna Rigg she could explain the T.V. Remote for me while tuning in Bugs Bunny. I have a family trauma mental block against anything electronic an irish screwdriver can't fix <img src="/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> But this generation seems to know everything in this blue screen alternative pluriverse <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />