Current Events > What was your worst subject/class in school?

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Obviously the topic and poll are geared more towards people from English-speaking nations, particularly the U.S and Canada, but whatever.

Anyway, mine was always math. I'm as competent at the basic-level shit as the next guy, but long division and anything above it is going to make me give up fairly quickly.

I'm just glad the old teacher adage of "You're not going to be carrying a calculator in your pocket at all times" turned out to be utter bullshit.

Fuck math. Btw is it true the british call it maths.

Idk I was always pretty good at all of it, but math is the one I started dropping the ball the most on towards the end of HS because I just couldn't be assed anymore

English. I still got good grades in English, but I hated writing essays all the damn time.

Spanish

history.

I know it's important, but the way it was taught, it was just memorizing dates and events.

it was super boring.

edit: nevermind, it was geography.

Gym

Because it was the easiest class to skip

Edit: I forgot it's actually called phys ed

Art and also Tech/woodshop/whatever you call it. Have bad motor skills so these classes were an absolute nightmare for me. Got yelled at all the time that I wasn't trying. Had a couple teachers who were nice about it tho

HANGtheDJ_86 posted...

Edit: I forgot it's actually called phys ed

Don't worry about it, no one actually cares about the distinction.

kawalimus posted...

Art and also Tech/woodshop/whatever you call it. Have bad motor skills so these classes were an absolute nightmare for me. Got yelled at all the time that I wasn't trying. Had a couple teachers who were nice about it tho

Not really the same thing, but I had a related experience.

Way before my agoraphobia was officially diagnosed, in junior high metal shop, the teacher assumed that, because I didn't verbally communicate in any way, that I was R-word that I can't say on GameFAQs.

I only know that's what he thought because it's literally the word he used. Back then it wasn't as big a deal, though.

Math. I had math fear which I directly attribute to the big, loud buzzcut instructor I had grade 8-10. The guy knew his stuff but was impatient with everyone except his daughter and her best friend. After a while, people stopped asking for help and just took the "C" or whatever.

English >_> I can't write my way out of a paperbag

Math was usually my strongest subject

Math hands down.

Math after a certain point in high school.

But to be fair I really didnt apply myself as much as I should have.

SydneySweenHero posted...

English >_> I can't write my way out of a paperbag

Math was usually my strongest subject

Did you first learn how to count from 1 to 2 by counting the number of titties on the average woman?

Despite coming away with the relevant qualifications in science (GCSEs here in the UK) I have gradually come to the conclusion that I basically know nothing about chemistry. Biology and physics I have fairly standard knowledge of, but I had to learn basically anything chemistry-related that applied to my masters at the time and it seemed like I was the only person having to do that.

Heartomaton posted...

Not really the same thing, but I had a related experience.

Way before my agoraphobia was officially diagnosed, in junior high metal shop, the teacher assumed that, because I didn't verbally communicate in any way, that I was R-word that I can't say on GameFAQs.

I only know that's what he thought because it's literally the word he used. Back then it wasn't as big a deal, though.

Hah funny enough I had a similar experience once--one of those less understanding art teachers was a substitute teacher in a different class I had. Well she was absolutely floored when she noticed I had the highest grade in that class. Can tell she thought I was just an ultra-slow type

Heartomaton posted...

Did you first learn how to count from 1 to 2 by counting the number of titties on the average woman?

Of course!

other: physics

Socialist Nationalism class. There's no way to understand that crap. I had to blindly memorize that stuff just to be able to pass the test.

Shop in middle school by far. We had to draw up blueprints then build from scratch a stand-up dustpan from metal and a plastic pipe. I hated that :<

Foreign language, specifically American Sign Language.

It's not that it was hard in and of itself, but I couldn't manage it well with my other classes. How do you expect me to memorize all these fucking signs when I had to study for English, Math, History, Science, etc on the same day. Never got less than C in it, though.

Science. It probably would have been phsy ed if I hadn't gotten my cardiologist to write me notes out of it though.

history

English

The writing and grammar parts were easy, I wasn't too good at the literature though. I couldn't get into storybooks enough to do well on tests about them.

english by far. reading shakespeare may have well been reading mandarin.

oddly enough, i read a few 'typical' english studies books for leisure (Gatsby, 1984, lord of the flies, etc) and they're WAY more enjoyable when you don't have to disect the themes and symbolisms.

English was my best subject lol. It came the most naturally to me. I did well in math, biology and history, too, but those took more effort.

math
english/literature
home economics
choir
physical education
history/social studies
science
spanish

Since other is an option, art. Of course I didn't have to do it past middle school but still

Lmao actually I sucked at piano too

Math.

I wouldn't have passed without my sister constantly helping me, x.x

Algebra 2

The only class I failed in HS was gym. I always refused to get changed

Foreign languages

I'm always a bit surprised at how many people struggle with math. Everything through algebra & geometry was simple as fuck to me. I can understand struggling with calculus or trig though.

English or History. Just boring af. Though I did fail religion in high school.

oh yeah i failed my photography class i forgot about that

OMG

English/Language Arts/Literature/etc.

I'm more of a math and science person.

B18Champ posted...

The only class I failed in HS was gym. I always refused to get changed

Lmfao, that episode of king of the hill where bobby did not want to strip and shower with other dudes was crazy relatable.

Yeah, I used to get a ton of bad grades for gym because I hated stepping foot in that locker room....shit was beyond fowl smelling. What I used to do was just bring a pair of windbreaker pants with me, swap to that asap, and got the hell out of the locker room once it got to the point where it was like "yeah, I am mad close to failing gym".

YugiNoob posted...

Shop in middle school by far. We had to draw up blueprints then build from scratch a stand-up dustpan from metal and a plastic pipe. I hated that :<

Wait, what?

Foreign Language, well technically native language. I only understand a little, but I can't write or read.

Also the teacher was a bitch always on my case.

Visual arts

i was good with math through primary school but in high school I did the easy math and slacked off and didnt study, so now I have a huge math shaped gap in my brain and it really sucks

Math was awful for me and doesn't help that I had like 3 good math teachers in the span of my entire 12 years of school. English and History were ALOT better with science a close third.

Sex Education. I still don't know where babies come from, and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.

Ratchetrockon posted...

math
english/literature
home economics
choir
physical education
history/social studies
science
spanish

So more or less everything?

Probably Phys Ed, although Im pretty sure they just gave us all passing grades anyway as long as we tried to do stuff. Im pretty sure I had undiagnosed asthma because any sort of aerobic exercise would kill me. Im also inflexible as fuck and not very coordinated. I could do a fuck ton of sit-ups and pull-ups and push-ups back in the day though so I would manage to eek my way through those dumb fitness tests. But you make me run the mile and Im hacking up a lung before I make it through the first lap.

In terms of actual grades, I pretty much failed Home Ec the year we had to use sewing machines (they didnt grade that class on an A-F scale but I got a non satisfactory mark). I was fuckin trash at that.

I was also pretty bad at art. Maybe if we had done like, design or digital media Id have done better but shit like painting or pottery is beyond me.

art was really bad for me because my cerebral palsy made doing a lot of simple things really annoying. i got an a for effort but it really hurt my self-confidence to know that i fucked up basically every project

i still got an a on maths and sciences but there were many things that made them annoying;

• having to draw a circle on a protractor with one functioning hand
• drawing graphs and charts in college statistics with my dysgraphia and difficulty drawing straight
• nobody trusting me to do anything in labs so i had to just sit there half the time twiddling my thumbs despite having the highest grade in the class
• this dumb biology lab that required me to cut out 196 pieces and glue them in a certain order. i took an extra 90 minutes doing the lab compared to everyone else and the teacher didn't even try to help me besides giving me extra time
• the final for college physics was making a bridge and i struggled so hard with it that i got an a for effort despite not making a bridge

spanish was an easy subject but my lisp made speaking it really difficult. i can read it pretty well but having to prepare speeches was really hard because i struggle making certain sounds, even in english