What was/ were your favorite subject/subjects in school? I liked Science and Art classes.

[debm55]

I hated Home Ec. Any school counts. Grade, HS, or College.

[XanaDUer2]

1. English

Spelling, reading. Liked biology

[sinkingfeeling]

2. History.

[padfun]

3. Math

Algebra, Trig, PreCalc

You do mean High School. right? Because I didn't go to college until I was 33 and then my favorites were the computer classes.

[debm55]

8. Any school counts-grade, HS or college.

[GP6971]

4. History in HS.

Political Science in college.

[Wicked Blue]

5. Science, theatre arts, art

[Lunabell]

6. Home Ec and choir

And the different languages I took. French, German and one year of Spanish. I can't spek flently in German even though I took 3 years in highschool and 2 years in college.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

7. Detention. No stress!

[debm55]

9. Floyd, -------

[Floyd R. Turbo]

43. 😴

[RKP5637]

11. LOL

[Floyd R. Turbo]

44. 😴

[RKP5637]

10. Science, music, math, biology and chemistry.

Ha, Latin was not my favorite at all.

[debm55]

14. Where you going into Law or Pre Med?

[RKP5637]

15. Dr. of Engineering Psychology. n/t

[debm55]

17. RKP, My husband has his PhD in Chemical Engineering. Can you tell us a little about Engineering

Psychology. He was Pre Med at Cornell and hated Latin. One of the reasons he switched to Chem Engineering. I looked it up and there is such a major. People and their connections to the buildings and housing environment. That is great. Sorry , for doubting you.

[RKP5637]

24. Here is a quick summary I lifted ... probably more than you want to know ...

"Engineering psychology is not a widely known subdiscipline of psychology. Only a handful of colleges and universities offer it as an academic major. Engineering psychology applies principles of psychology to the design of complex systems. With technology infiltrating virtually every aspect of our lives, an understanding of human strengths and limitations is critical in designing systems that are both effective and easy to use."

I got my BS with 3.8 average. They said I could go straight for a PhD. However, I thought about it a lot, talked with my adviser, etc. Back then at least, it looked like much of it was publish or parish. I had several professor friends I discussed it with. I decided I did not want to get into that, so, I went to aviation school for a couple of years and got my FAA licenses for A&P. Then, I thought avionics would be cool, so I did a couple of years in computer technology. That worked out really well and then I worked for several R&D, manufacturing corps. They did a lot for me, great companies.

Ha, and I still hated Latin. I tried German when at the university. Dropped it several times. Then I decided I've got to do this, so I buckled down and got all A's. Then the language department said, you should really study languages and maybe get a masters. Ha, I said to myself you gotta be kidding me. So off I went to aviation school.

[debm55]

26. Thank you, I looked it up. Very interesting field. My SO couldn't pull past a C so he was more or

less out of the program. Thank you for explaining it to me. Are there alot of jobs in the field or is it very specialized?

[RKP5637]

27. It looks like there are now a number of specialized areas, one is the military. n/t

[debm55]

29. The funny thing is at the end of his career, he ended up working for the CDC. His speciality was

explosives and hazardous materials. Never figured out what that had to do with the CDC. He used to work for the Bureau of Mines/MSHA. I'm glad you found a path to follow.

[RKP5637]

30. Thanks!!!

[Effete Snob]

12. I was really good at lunch

[debm55]

13. Effete,...

[Scottie Mom]

16. Anything BUT math!

Civics, History, English, Music...all great.

Edit to add that the above was HS. At university, Political Science, History, Psychology, Sociology, Music and Drama.

[debm55]

18. I liked Math in HS. Hated it in Junior high. I epecially liked Geometry.

[Scottie Mom]

19. I still hate Math!

And that started in elementary school. Bored the hell out of me.

[debm55]

21. I loved Math except for 9th. Was placed in Advanced Algebra and really disliked the teacher's method

of teaching. Just pulled a C in the class. After that I was no longer in the advanced. I really liked Algebra II, Geometry and Trig. That was because of the teachers. I think teachers have a huge effect on bringing the subject to the student and the student to the subject.

[spooky3]

20. Art and gym nt

[woodsprite]

22. Madrigal Consort in high school!

It was a hand picked acapella group of 18 or so singers, mainly upperclassmen. You had to commit two of your class periods to it and/or be in a second choir as well. It meant taking summer school to free up the time in your schedule. We learned to dance, handle ticket and fundraising sales, handle the phones for orders, sew, conduct, cook/bake (for groups of up to 300), serve guests — I’m sure there’s something I’m missing.

Totally loved it!

[debm55]

23. woodsprite, where did you go to HS. It sounds wonderful.

[woodsprite]

34. Newark, Delaware

We had a wonderful, much loved music director. He was awesome. He and his wife had so much patience with us. They mentored all of us. They researched and collected recipes that would have been fairly authentic to the Elizabethan time period, scaled them up to serve 150 to 300 and taught us how to cook them for our Rout and Royal Progress weekend performances.

Unfortunately when our director finally retired, the new music director didn’t want the responsibility so did away with the group, the course, and sold the costumes, dishes, etc. By the time my kids went there, their director talked about resurrecting the program, but it was a huge undertaking - even with alumni helping - so never got off the ground.

And as an aside, my hubby was my partner in the group back then!

[Raine]

25. History and crafts

I liked them in high school. When I was in college I majored in history and took every history class that was available to learn about many different countries.

[3catwoman3]

28. Biology and German. I love vocabulary and writing, but only had...

…one good English teacher the whole 4 years, and it was my senior year teacher.

I was in the band from 5th grade thru high school - flute and piccolo.

I liked geometry and trig. Algebra was a disaster. My algebra teacher was a new hire, instead time teacher in my freshman year. She was so bad she was fired the year after I had her. I did not do well in her class and thought it was me, that I just didn’t “get it.” It turned out that a whole lot of us who had her didn’t “get it.”

My senior year math class was called Math 12X - an overview of a little bit of this and that. The final marking period was an intro to calculus. The teacher handed us the little black book, about the size of a 5x7 card, very slender, and said, “Here, this is all self-explanatory.” Boy, was she wrong!

I started out as a biology major in college, and ended up in nursing.

[debm55]

31. 3cat, I started out in nursing, switched to teaching.

I wanted to be an Art Therapist. Had three post master's classes in it. However, my son started to have some serious mental issues and was placed in a hospital. I left the program to be there for visitation and sessions. I never regretted it. But sometimes I feel guilty that with working and going to college, I should have noticed it sooner. He is 32 and still lives at home, but that is another story.

[3catwoman3]

36. The best part of my long career...

…as a pediatric nurse practitioner (1976-2021) was teaching about health, wellness, and how to manage common illnesses without panicking.

My favorite “students” were first-time parents, because they are so eager to learn about how to care for their new babies and so appreciative of any information that helps them become calm and confident.

How is your son doing?

[sdfernando]

32. Music and Social Studies

I was a band geek so spent most of my free time in the band room. We even got P.E. credit for Marching Band (woohoo!!!).

After that would be the social studies type classes. I took women studies and think I was the only male in the class….but it really was a great class. Also took what at the time was the first ever in any high school in the U. S. class for Death Acceptance. Everyone had to get parental approval for it.

[debm55]

39. You lucked out, gym is the worst along with Home ec

[MLAA]

33. I liked math and French.

[hunter]

35. College: Any biology or geology class that had field work was my favorite.

I loved rough field camps.

My favorite classroom class, in terms of my interest and having the skills to ace it, was Environmental Chemistry.

Looking back on the class that had the greatest impact on my life, that was Biology of the Fungi. But that was hardly "my favorite" except in retrospect. It was harder than hell.

Most of my middle and high school experience was pretty miserable. I was a skinny, squeaky, highly reactive kid who the bullies loved to torment.

Mostly I dreaded middle and high school; so much I missed out on most of the fun.

There were some bright spots, but overall I was miserable. It sounds perverse, but quitting high school was one of the better decisions I've made in my life.

[debm55]

40. You sound like me. I can't learn by reading a book, It has to be hands on. Have you thought of takin

taking Community Classes or adult education classes in Environmental Chemisty. that sounds like a very interesting field. Don't worry about your age, it;s never to late to learn.

[Mr.Bill]

37. Journalism, Auto Shop, Geometry,

any English class.

[electric_blue68]

41. Art, History...

Went to a specialized Art & Music HS so I had plenty of art classes. 👍🧡

Always enjoyed Social Studies/History.

I managed to avoid Chemistry, I couldn't quite follow it - yet I
also found parts of it interesting. Didn't do well with Physics either.

However if they'd offered Astronomy - I'd have loved that! Probably I'd have enjoyed Geology, Oceanography, Meteorology, Archeology, or Ecology. 👍

[sarge43]

42. History and shop n/t

[Emile]

45. Study Hall

[Elessar Zappa]

46. Definitely science and history.

[Niagara]

47. I was going to be a smart aleck and say homeroom

For high school naptime.



However, I excelled at life science and received straight A's in that class.


Disclaimer: This doesn't include any other science classes. Only life science.

[malthaussen]

48. Truthfully, none.

School, for me, was an infallible way to wring all of the joy and interest out of a subject by constant repetition, memorization of facts, and trivialization*. Pleasure came from pursuing my own interests outside of an institutional environment.
Anyway, this was true in public school. In college and grad school, things became interesting, but by then I was already deeply into assorted humanities (albeit I got my BA in computer science).

[*for example, my Social Studies teacher called me the "World's Champion Seven-Up Player" in my yearbook. TBH, I don't even remember what the hell "Seven-Up" was, but I'm damned sure it had nothing to do with social studies or history.]

-- Mal

[Mad_Dem_X]

49. Art, Drama, and any writing class.

I hated Science and Math. I was (and still am, to an extent) a big dreamer, so I loved any class where we were encouraged to be creative.

[surrealAmerican]

50. Art and math.

Home ec. and shop were fun when we had them in junior high, but they were not something I pursued into high school.

[wnylib]

51. English lit and foreign languages.