What interested you in school? Chemistry, English, or you hated it all?
By Yatayee
@Yatayee (117)
Australia
July 12, 2007 11:32am CST
I ask this because when I think back to my school days I really didn't know what I wanted to be "when I grew up". Actually, I still don't know! I hated Geography with a passion. At the time it seemed better than History... and now I wish I knew more.
I kinda enjoyed Maths, I loved English and I also did Drama, I found computing too easy and boring. Woodwork was something I thought would be easy but no... same with Tech Drawing. It's interesting that I chose opposites once I left school. I went into a network engineering degree but it was too much work for lazy old me... and then I became interested in Languages and I still love them now.
So are you a completely different person than in school? Or did you keep the same interests and just take them further? And what do you want to be "when you grow up" ??
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18 responses
@circumstance (283)
• Malaysia
12 Jul 07
i study 8 subject language,english,history,math,chemistry,biology,physique and religious.. i do not too enjoy with chemistry and biology and history.. the subject that i really really enjoy math.. it really cool subject.. i don't need to write a word but just number.. :D and this subject the only subject i can teach my friend..haha
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@circumstance (283)
• Malaysia
13 Jul 07
yeah.. it much easier to understand and remembered when teach people than listening from other.. :D
@vbvbvb (85)
• India
12 Jul 07
I don't like people who aloof themselves from some important subjects. where the hell are subjects like basketball, chores n choirs?? Well school life was rocking ANd I enjoyed every bit of it, though I would not have admitted it in while i was in school!!! If you guys now want me to come to the point then, ya I really enjoyed biology in the fall days of my school life
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@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
12 Jul 07
I was good at certain things. For example, as a very young boy, I was an excellent swimmer. I was also imaginative, and quite good at English. Acting was always a passion. Having gone to a French school, I was always good at French. As an older boy, I was still good at French. Acting continued to be a major passion. I became pretty good at creative writing. With regard to everything else...maths, physics, geography, chemistry, history...I struggled terribly. I had unique gifts, but was a poor pupil. Today, I still love creative writing. I still love French culture. I've been a professional actor. I'm a quintessentially artistic, crative, imaginative type of person, as I've always been...a dreamer.
@Yatayee (117)
• Australia
13 Jul 07
Unless we go after a career in science, I don't think most of us have much use for the things you struggled at. I wouldn't worry too much, I do find brainteasers interesting but I don't much care if I can't work out the velocity of a projectile. So let someone else figure out the answer, I will be reading Chaucer instead ;)
@thrwbckjay67 (2870)
• United States
12 Jul 07
Hated anything that had to do with Math or Science. Don't get me wrong, I still did very well in those classes, you just wouldn't see me have any more interest besides for homework and wouldn't have followed a career in either subject matter. I grew up wanting to make movies, and I still do. It's been sidetracked a bit, and I got a degree in Journalism with a minor in History, but those are because those are subjects that I could keep with me while striving to be a filmmaker/screenwriter. History was always my favorite subject, it was fun because it was based on fact yet much of it is still based on interpretation of those facts. It's concrete, but it's not. There is still much speculation in regards to what happened in history's greatest events. I have always loved that mystery.
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@Yatayee (117)
• Australia
12 Jul 07
I think that's why history interests me now. I don't think I would want to do formal study though, the rigidity of memorising dates isn't for me. But I like to know where things came from and ponder the "what if"s about all the gaps, just like you said about the interpretation of it all. That part is fascinating.
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@whywiki (6066)
• Canada
12 Jul 07
I started off loving school but by grade 10 I was bored and couldn't wait for it to end. I loved English and creative writing but that was all that interested me. I always thought I would become a writer but that never happened. I guess it isn't too late is it. I hated algebra with a passion, math is for numbers so why the hell are they throwing in letters?!
@crispinjohn (73)
• India
12 Jul 07
Actually in my school life I did not like to spend time in subjects like Physics, Chemistry, etc,.... I rather spent my time in playing cricket. I really loved to study Mathematics, and languages....
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@Yatayee (117)
• Australia
12 Jul 07
What languages did you study? I did Indonesian, German, Japanese and French... and I have forgotten nearly all of it, I can't even count properly. French is the only one I remember anything of really and it is because I did it for four years, but you would never know it! I can understand some written French but stringing a sentence together is probably beyond me and I would never be able to understand a conversation. I am learning Finnish now which I really enjoy, but without a proper environment to practice chatting it will be years before I am fluent.
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@Yatayee (117)
• Australia
13 Jul 07
That is so true! I think a lot of the schooling system is still preparing students for university instead of for life. It's crazy that someone has to learn trigonometry but not "how to balance a cheque book", "how to prepare a budget and stick to it", "how to choose a wise investment for your future" and "how to buy your first home and compare loans".
And along those lines where are "working at a relationship", "interacting with people" and compulsory parenthood classes? Why isn't every child required to know which foods are healthy and how to prepare nutritious meals? Where is the class about making good lifestyle choices?
I think the education systems all need a good smack upside the head and a shake upside down.
@gwendovere (1279)
• United States
13 Jul 07
I like psychology & English. Am hoping to get back to school & be a "college girl gone wild." I need to party! That's what I need ~ Party Girls 101. ;)
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@jb_vete (323)
• Philippines
12 Jul 07
i love chemistry. I first liked it when i was in my third year high school. I find it exciting. I'm not good in it but i like learning about it. I love the principles behind it's applications. On the contrary, i took up Bs Biology in college instead of getting into chem field. There are reasons behind it though. But still biology and chemistry is not that diverse so i still have some touches with chemisty.
@Yatayee (117)
• Australia
13 Jul 07
I can remember the horror in my Chemistry teacher's face when I told her I was dropping out of the subject. She just didn't understand, since I was coming first in the class. But it was something I could see would become less about the fun of practical and more about memorising formulae and doing the working out, and I just didn't think that was my strong point. I am fascinated by genetics and inheritence patterns though and I think that's what made me become a breeder of Burmillas. It's great to do the mental working out to decide what colour and markings might happen from a litter.
@raman_ant (50)
• India
13 Jul 07
its agreat feeling to sit out alone and think about golden school days.i do it whenever i get time.It's nice feeling. In my days i used to be a good student. I love maths like anything so also physics. i hate history and literature. What about u?
@jnallen_487 (800)
• United States
12 Jul 07
My favorite subject in school was math. I still love it! I got A's the year that I took geography. I found it very easy. At least it was at my school. I probably couldn't tell you very much about geography now though. I hated science! That was my worst subject!
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@Yatayee (117)
• Australia
12 Jul 07
I still find it interesting to deal with logic puzzles, but I can't say I really enjoyed memorising formulae. I think the heavy stuff involving formulae in the last couple of years were when I stopped loving maths quite so much. It was always the parts I had to think about that I enjoyed. So I enjoyed Physics only to the point where it involved tons of equations. My son loves maths and scientific things with a passion and he is only ten.
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@sugarfloss (2139)
• Malaysia
13 Jul 07
In school,I really enjoyed English!Only English!I hated Chemistry,Biology and Physics!but now that I'm on my Master level,I have to like Chemistry,Biology and Physics.Oh well,I guess you can't really hate anything when you're too far off,can you?lol.I'm totally a different person now than in school,that I guarantee.
@nutea_anin (281)
• Indonesia
13 Jul 07
Generally i love sport!! Voleyball,baseball,badminton,basketball,i like it. and always got good point at it. But when i was in junior high, i love geography much because i fell for the teacher.hahahahahaha..and it lasted for about 4 years, even when i already entered the high school. after that my fave subject was still sport. I really hate Mathes,chemistry,physics,biology,drawing. a little bit interested in history,specially world history.
@timou87 (1638)
• Singapore
13 Jul 07
i remember back in school i was forced to learn a wide range of subjects from maths to the languages to sciences and the arts, however it dawned on me pretty early that i loved the arts...geography history and the like. ever since high school i had such passion and interest especially for history.
@gloria777 (1674)
• India
13 Jul 07
I was interested in Biology because it teaches us about living things. I think its better to study about things which have life..
@monkeywriter (2004)
• United States
13 Jul 07
As most writers, I hate and dont do well with SCIENCE or MATH. But I do love english and the likes of it. I didnt mind learning to type at 15. Those are my favorites. And the cool bible classes (private school) were also great! :))
@pattithepoet (2)
• United States
13 Jul 07
discussions that invoke origional thought captured my attention i loved english creative writing classical literature physics spanish the monotony and boredom associated with history and geography disenchant me
eh teaching remains key
