What were your favorite subjects when you were at school?

@maximax8 (31053)
United Kingdom
February 24, 2008 1:04pm CST
I liked English, History, Geography, Religious Education, Art and French. I hated Maths, Science and Physical Education. What were your favorite subjects when you were at school? Which subjects did you dislike? Thanks
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@Modestah (11179)
• United States
24 Feb 08
I was fond of english especially literature and writing, I also loved orchestra. other favorites included Art and Sciences.... I disliked history (though I like it now) and mathematics.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
5 Mar 08
It was fortunate that you were good at English, Music and Art for these subjects are creative. I am pleased that you like history now and like me I see that you still dislike Mathematics.
@NCgirl (487)
• Philippines
24 Feb 08
I love Art and Music, actually I excel on that, i remember some of my art projects were posted on the wall because it's so good.. I dislike Science especially Physics and Chemistry, it drove me crazy solving science problems and formulas. I like Math too, it's interesting.
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@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
24 Feb 08
I am pleased that you were so good at art that your projects were posted on the wall. I like to listen to music but I can't sing and I can't play any instruments. Yes finding Science formulas bored me. Maths can be interesting if the student understands it.
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
24 Feb 08
I loved maths and english as well as geography, well I guess I've always had the travelling spirit in me! I always loved reading as a child, and was always encouraged well so I excelled, I had problems with my grammar and punctuation but my spelling was my speciality! I was always praised on my spelling. I loved solving problems like fractions and equations. I hated science with a passion, especially chemistry and physics which bored me rigid!
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
24 Feb 08
Yes, I think we both had the travelling spirit in us. I am pleased that you were praised for your spelling. Grammar and punctuation can be challenging for some students. I was good at percentages but awful at problem solving or fractions. Chemistry, Physics and Biology bored me so much I asked the head teacher if I could do another subject instead of Science I chose Religious Education. I love reading as well.
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@ellie333 (21016)
24 Feb 08
My Favourite was Geography, Home Economics and Art. I was banned from History and had to do extra maths as I clashed big time with the tutor, however I really enjoy the history channel now, cathcing up on all I missed out on I expect. I didn't really mind any of the others and was captain of the netball team and ran for the county so I suppose I must have enjoyed PE too. Ellie :D
@malda08i (53)
• Japan
14 Mar 08
i was very interested in psychology. i like to study the behaviour of a personand science also.to know the facts about the things around us.
@daeckardt (6237)
• United States
11 Mar 08
My favorite subjects were math, science, accounting and similar things. I did not like the "heavy reading" subjects like philosophy, theology, and similar subjects. These kind of classes kept me from getting a nursing degree when I went to college the first time. I couldn't get anything out of them because I couldn't see where they applied to anything.
@zeloguy (4911)
• United States
3 Mar 08
If you swap those around you pretty much have me. I loved math -- everything in life is numbers. I loved science -- the world is science (or the other way around). I enjoyed PE -- it challenged me to be a better person physically (ended up second in my whole school in the mile run at 8th grade). I HATED French. I wasn't much of a Geography buff, of course now I am much more so. I didn't like history... too much memorization. I did like English... I now cannot stand people who can't speak it properly (another post is out there about that). Thanks Zelo
• India
4 Mar 08
i hated maths in school but i loved computer science very much.it was a really interesting one and very much relevant subject in today's world
@shakeroo (3986)
• Malaysia
2 Mar 08
my favorite subject in school was sociology as it deals with people and their interaction with the real world and other people as well. So from there you can see that there are many factors that affect people and not just psychological factors alone. In fact Sociology and Psychology, which happens to be my second favorite subject in school actually go hand in hand.
• United States
2 Mar 08
Thanks for starting this post!. My favorite subjects were Math, English especially British Literature, and Science. I disliked History and Geography. I do not know why. It seemed to me that those are easiest courses ever, yet I despised those courses. I just had trouble grasping the concept of some historical events. It was just mind-boggling to remember all those dates and characters for me. In science, for instance, I can deal with it because I easily apply every theory or concept to real life situations I face everyday. I find a hard time doing that with History. In the case of geography, I just did not feel like learning all those small nations who were not that significant in the world arena like Yemen, Bhutan, Solomon Islands, etc... I am not saying these nations are not important, but I usually have a hard time learning about real small nations who do not have a lot of issues in the world. -Feel Free to Disagree!
@youless (112100)
• Guangzhou, China
3 Mar 08
When I was in school, I liked English and Biology. I liked English because I was good at it. As to Biology, I liked it because I was very interested in the creatures. I didn't like Politics as it was quite boring. I remember when there were Politics exams, sometimes I would have a fever because I was under a heavy pressure to this subject.
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
11 Mar 08
hehe and Math was my favourite and today I am still very good with numbers. I have also found that math had helped me a lot with my carreer. I used to work in an office enviroment and it was a lumber yard and I used to do the invoicing and pricing so knowing my math was a big plus for me. I also like English and Physical Education and was the team captain in volleyball and basketball and baseball for three years in a row when I was in grade 7, 8 and 9. I hated History and Science and Geography. I didn't mind French but I didn't continue with it after grade 7. I didn't feel I would ever need to know it, so I quit taking it.
• China
26 Feb 08
i think is chinese,yes i really intrest in it
@goldwin65 (935)
• Malaysia
1 Mar 08
My favourite in school was History. It is a living subject and I could still recalled how our History teacher taught us history. She told the story instead of teaching us. But we understand the content better rather than just teaching facts. I like all the subjects however I disliked a few teachers that did not put much effort in teaching us before.
@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
26 Feb 08
I can't remember primary school that much, although I would say that reading, spelling & art were my favourite subjects. In high school, from years 8 to 10, my favourite subjects were maths & art. In years 11 & 12, my favourite subjects were biology & geography. Good question.
@Nireths (149)
• United States
25 Feb 08
I used to love Art, Math and Science. Hated all History classes (World & US). My last Art class was actually a one girl class, just me, kinda boring and couldn't get away with anything. I nearly failed History, but that's okay, I've never been good at remembering dates.
• Philippines
25 Feb 08
I loved Math and Literature while I hate History, Geography and Science.
• United States
26 Feb 08
Yes, I could not stand MATH. I can still remember my mother standing over me forcing me to do my math homework. She used to push me very hard but I was most ignorant in math and my brain would just shut down if I had to do algebra..how could x equall a number? Yes, I liked Social Studies and kissing girls. But that was all. I learned to not kiss girls when I got married as my wife frowned on this. lol. but i still hate math..it gives me a headache..thanks for the post...
@CAMILLERI (373)
• Australia
25 Feb 08
My favourite subjects were:- Mathematics, Italian Language, Latin , Physics and Geography. I disliked Art (drawing) immensely.
@Swaana (1205)
• India
26 Feb 08
I liked language classes. As we are in India, we have to learn atleast 2 languages. One is English and the other is either mother tongue or the language of the state, or the National Language. Our national language is Hindi and I opted to learn it as the third language and my mother tongue as the second language. Also I loved to learn history and geography, both national and international and my secret passion during school days was to become a curator which didnot materialize. I cannot tolerate Maths and Science (all branches).