Foo - Favorite subject(s) in grade/high school?

What were your favorite subjects in school back in grade/middle/junior high/high school? (e.g. pre-high school graduation)


I know the typical "sex ed" and "anatomy" answers are coming from the weisenheimers.

Physics/math

For me it was always math. I loved Algebra courses.

Gov and Construction tech.

Science and English. I despised math with a passion because I just couldn't "get it". I was indifferent toward History. I actually made good grades in Science and English classes, though, and I enjoyed them. Especially Science.

Not really my favorite, but the only thing useful I learned in HS was how to type. It was taught by my football coach and he'd stand up in front with a microphone and a metronome and yell out "F R J U! F R J U! A Q semicolon P! A Q semicolon P!" We used manual typewriters and you really had to slam those keys to make it work. Good times.

Art class. Disliked school

Art.

Bio, English, Music, and Robotics. Yess, we had a robotics class at our high school! Woot!!! It involved playing with lego mindstorm stuff, mostly, but we did build cool stuff.

history. unfortunately i was best at maths but it didn't excite me much.

Art and math.

math & all science (esp. chemistry)

Art and English

Construction, wood shop, and drafting. Had I known more about the economy then, I'd probably have studied cars instead of building trades. But it was great experience.

Construction, wood shop, and drafting. Had I known more about the economy then, I'd probably have studied cars instead of building trades. But it was great experience.

in high school? i thought only academic subjects are taught

Construction, wood shop, and drafting. Had I known more about the economy then, I'd probably have studied cars instead of building trades. But it was great experience.
I took drafting in my senior year in high school....wish I would have taken that earlier and went further with it....that was a cool class.


in high school? i thought only academic subjects are taught
No....nearly all high schools have trade classes like wood shop, auto mechanics, etc...

wood working, visual arts.

I liked history, but only the war sections, the rest of it wasn't as interesting.

physics, and calculus when applied to physics.

Physics and calculus for me too.

Pleasantly surprised to see so many science/math responses - glad I'm not the only geek on here. ;)

Geography. And I'm now a geographer/cartographer, so it made sense

history/political science/geology. absolutely hated math and i'm an engineer now. go figure. :rolleyes:

Um, Accounting, Economics, Math until I got to senior calculus and Chemistry.

I liked all my H.S. classes up until the Sr. level Physics, Trig, and Advanced Algebra and Analytic Geometry. French was "meh". My very favorites were Freshman Physics, Geometry and Drafting (all 3.5 years of it).

Computer science. It was in the early 90s and I think one course was basic and the other C (I think).
The other one that came in a close second was Russian. My teacher was wonderful.

lunch, we had an open campus and would go get pizza and beer.

Chemistry

The amount of stuff we blew up/broke with or without the teachers guidance was awsome. When the teacher did hydrogen rockets was a definite highlight. We did it insides and went through 2 light cases + bulbs, 1 case, a chair, rather a large amount of stationary and a window.

Contact explosive was another high, although we weren't meant to be doing that. Half way through the experiment though we were sitting there and thought "hang on... I know what we can make with this".

Math and Drama. I loved both.

English, it was actually a challenge in high school.

By far, the SOAR program. For half a day once a week, they trow all the gifted kids in a room with all sorts of geeky stuff. Sometimes, it's actual projects, sometimes, it's whatever you want to do.

By far, the SOAR program. For half a day once a week, they trow all the gifted kids in a room with all sorts of geeky stuff. Sometimes, it's actual projects, sometimes, it's whatever you want to do.

Did you sneak in through the window or the back door? Didn't the smart kids rat you out?

lunch, we had an open campus and would go get pizza and beer.

I failed Lunch. It was my worst subject.

Elementary School - Math / Science
High School - Band and Woodworking

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Elementary school: Perhaps reading, then math.
Middle school: Band.
High school: toss-up between organic chem, or environmental science.

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Chemistry, biology, and anatomy......yeah, I was a nerd.

Biology.

Math, Science (Chemistry and Physics), History, Economics, German, Mandarin, Geography, Instrumental Music. I don't think I dislike any subjects much, but how can someone dislike learning?

Computer Science/Pascal.

Couch

Music theory, band, and choir.

Reading, English and Literature.

I was reading at college level in the third grade, forcing them to put me into the Mentally Gifted Minor program...which I hated. Bunch of dorks in that class, and I got made fun of by the other kids when I got back. In High School I was in all the AP English classes and graduated with more credits than I needed because I took Science Fiction, Mythology, Creative Writing and Literature classes as my electives rather than wasting time in shop and pott(head)ery classes.

Now I'm a carpenter. :(

...anatomy...

Not even slightly surprised. :innocent:

Not even slightly surprised. :innocent:

it was rather detailed, not a sex ed class, that's was what the cheerleaders were for.:innocent:

1. Jazz Band
2. Jazz Band
3. Jazz Band

I hated school until I got to college. I'd say if I had to pick a favorite, it'd be english... but only because I wrote so much in my free time. I did kind of enjoy physics in the last couple of years of high school, though.

Now, I love it all. :D Well, except speech. :rolleyes:

Computer Science/Pascal.

Couch

i have a csc degree from uncc ('87)....fortran was the bestest way back when! second on the list was cobal. pascal...yuck.

My favorite was "Television Production". The killer part of that was that it was an English credit. My final project was a Ted Nugent music video (this was years before MTV).

Second was Drafting.

I did well at all the subjects at one point or another, but then had a habit of becoming disinterested once it became boring or the teacher sucked. Math and English in 3rd grade, geography in 6th grade, history and shop in 8th grade, algebra and biology in 9th grade, mechanical drawing in 12th grade. Hated 10th grade geometry and French.

I seriously wish they had a course on girls, because back then I'd have excelled given my high level of interest.:thumb:

nice job kt

Drama..my only grade 12 credit. Teacher loved me, I wasn't one of those quiet kids you can't hear. My voice carried. That class was mostly a haven from the beatings/bullying I received in other classes.