school subjects good and bad!

Math, english and typing were my favorite subjects. I not only enjoyed them but I knew that they were things i'd be using my entire life. I think the only subject that I really disliked was history. I used to fall asleep in that class all the time. I'd probably enjoy it more now if it was taught by an enthusiastic teacher.

I firmly believe that all high school students should be required to pass a Personal Finance class similar to the one I had to take when I went to school for my associates degree. These type classes should be required in all years of high school. I wish that someone would have taught me the things I learned in this class while I was in high school.

I disliked any class that had a lab. I just really am not a "hands on" type of person. Chemistry was a dreaded class. Anything that involved reading and writing were always favorite subjects.

I hate math! It bores me. Math was my worse subject in school. I did ok when it was basic math, like addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, but when it got to stuff like algebra and geometry, I couldn't grasps it. I was an A, B student, in every subject except math when it came to algebra and what not. I barely passed those subjects with a D-! lol. I hear people say that math, including algebra and geometry and all that, is important, but to this day I don't understand why. I graduated highschool back 1993, I took some college courses a few years back at a small business college...To this day I can honestly say that I have never had to use algebra or geometry or anything other than basic math in real life. Not even fractions, I was told I would need to know fractions even for basic things, like doubling or hafving recipes when cooking. But that is not true either, although I know fractions, I have never used them for anything in real life either, not even cooking. One, I usually don't follow recipes when I cook, I just make things I can make without needing a recipe in front of me. Two, even when I do follow a recipe, if I want to double it, I just find the appropiate size measuring cup or spoon, then fill it up twice as many times as I would need to for the original recipe, hence i used basic multiplication, not fractions, haha...If I need to cut the recipe in half, I find the measure cup or spoon size that I need for each ingredient, then fill it half way, (I just sort of eyeball it to see when it's half full), ok, I admitt, that's probably not 100% accurate, but it works well enough, so, so what? lol...Okay, I'm rambling again and probably getting a bit off subject, sorry, but yeah, my worst and most dreaded subject when I was in school was math and when it comes to algebra and whatnot, I don't understand why it is important unless you plan to get a job of some sort that would require you to know it. My favorite subject in school was art. I was good at every subject except advanced math, but art was my favorite because I love to draw, paint, make things out of various materials, etc. I still love that stuff to this day!

I hated and still do HATE math. I just could never wrap my head around algebra, trigonometry, and calculus. Geometry was ok but the other 3 gave me anxiety attacks before a test and not because I didn't know the answer. It was always the way I CAME to the answer. I could take a 7 step equation and get the answer in 4 on 90% of the problems on the test but would always end up with a failing grade because "that wasn't how it was taught to me" English comp, lit, and grammar were by far my favorites. I love the written word. And to this day get complimented on my vocabulary. Science and social studies were easy for me to grasp and I really only paid enough attention to pass the tests. I barely retained any of that knowledge. But I bet I could kick your butt in trivial pursuit. They don't have a math category :)

I'm on the short bus to math class. Hated it in school, hated it in college and struggled like hell with it. Now in my adult life, I analyze and conduct criminal investigations, own and operate my own investigation firm, and do all the stuff associated with running a small business, but yet...I still count on my fingers. Well...not exactly, but I have a similar system of making little dots with my pen in the same formation as they would be seen on dice in order to count. God help me if I have to add more than 6 to another number. LOL Somehow, I manage. I have no idea how. The problem was that I never memorized addition, subtraction and multiplication tables in like...3rd grade. And so today, it inhibits me still. I was far better at the less concrete subjects such as English and History. Science and Math? Forget it....

When I was younger I didn't like math, science or history all that much. I did like chemistry in 8th grade, but all the rest I couldn't stand. I started college at 17 and went for two years. I really liked Psychology and Art history and Sociology... and I took astronomy and oceanography because I had to take science. I got C's in them. Since I have aged, and started back in college in 2005 I like science a lot more - especially quantum physics and astronomy and meterology. I went from getting C's in math in the past to getting A's in College Algebra and Statistics. I'm majoring in Art History, so I like History a lot more now too. I think it took me time to appreciate how interesting those things can be. Math is something I really like a lot more now. I love doing puzzles, especially logic puzzles.

Math was always my best subject..and science my worst. It wasn't that I didn't like science, I just didn't put all the effort into it that I did with the rest of my courses. Then my grade nine teacher recognized this and put me into Honors Science where my teacher was a drunk....lol. So then science was a great class :P But yeah, math was always my favorite which is why I might just have to take my business concentration in accounting.