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In reply to the discussion: What was/ were your favorite subject/subjects in school? I liked Science and Art classes. [View all]malthaussen
(18,626 posts)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.]
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