What was your favorite subject/subjects in High School? Mine were Art , Geometry, Drafting. How about you?

[debm55]

[LiberalLoner]

1. Art, concert choir, theater, German language, English, history.

[debm55]

2. Thank you LiberalLoner, Great list of subjects

[MaryMagdaline]

59. German - impressive

Declensions and conjugations in Latin were hard but I’ve heard German is excruciatingly hard.

[LiberalLoner]

109. I was fascinated with the language. Took three years in High School. Never was fluent though,

Could read some stuff in German and understand some conversation but had a hard time expressing myself.

I was thrilled to be able to read Wolfgang Borchert’s work in German though. One of my favorite authors.

[anciano]

3. Geometry, History and Civics

[debm55]

6. Thank you anciano, Very good choices

[Basso8vb]

4. Band

Went on to obtain a bachelor's in music performance so this shouldn't surprise anyone.

[debm55]

7. Thank you Basso8vb Excellent

[oberle]

23. Chorus

I was the accompanist for various choruses in my high school. I went on to get a Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate in music. That was my plan all along when I was in high school.

[debm55]

24. Thank you very much oberle, And congratulations on seeing your life's goal.

[MaryMagdaline]

61. Band is probably the toughest job a kid can have

[debm55]

115. Thank you MaryMagdaline.

[TomSlick]

99. Band was my favorite class in HS and college.

I was never particularly good - I was in the band for fun, not to work. Practice is for the insecure.

In my mid-60s, I still play in a band. Rehearsal is the high point of the week.

[debm55]

116. Thank you TomSlick

[OLDMDDEM]

5. Geometry/Math. Scored perfect in math on the SATs.

[debm55]

9. Thank you OLDMDDEM, Did you go into a math field?

[OLDMDDEM]

13. I became an accountant.

[debm55]

16. Thank you

[MaryMagdaline]

60. I'm jealous! Math was tough for me

Although I like algebra I and ii - solving puzzles

[Ocelot II]

8. I loathed high school with the intensity of a thousand suns.

But I could tolerate art and choir.

[debm55]

10. Thank you Ocelot II I never took choir but I did take art. Loved it

[CanonRay]

11. None. I hated high school

Maybe Wood Shop was ok, because at least I learned something useful. I couldn't wait to graduate and get on to college.

[debm55]

17. Thank you CanonRay I know the feeling

[malthaussen]

12. Lunch. n/t

[debm55]

18. Hahaha Thanks Mal.

[IbogaProject]

14. Wood shop, Geometry, Chemistry were my favorites

The typing skill I learned in an old type typing room in 8th or 9th grade is likely the most used that I learned in middle and high school. I really liked all my classes except maybe Latin and Spanish, I didn't dislike those just didn't get a hold on them.

[debm55]

19. Thank you very much IbogaProject. I liked Spanish I but just could get used to Spanish II

[electric_blue68]

97. We in HS were dragged into going to a different school for a semester 1x wk for Typing. Uggggh! 😄

[IbogaProject]

101. Mine was a dusty room upstairs

The typewriters were old maybe even antiques back in 1982. I think they dropped typing soon after as the school got computers a year later.

[electric_blue68]

104. Ohhh! The one time I got excited about typing was in Art College. Got to try an IBM Selectric first time! And why....

As much as I hated typing I could now type regular, Italic, and Bold.

It turned boring ole typing into more of a graphical design exercise. 👍

[IbogaProject]

105. Ah

After I finished that class we got a Smith Corona, it didnt have the ball but it had an erase function. It had a back button that erased up to the whole line, hitting return cleared out that limited memory.

[electric_blue68]

108. Ohhh, that's pretty cool! The days of Whiteout - begone! Hated that smell!

[debm55]

114. electric_blue68 Thank you .

[cyndensco]

15. I loved Algebra.

It was a class filled with puzzle solving. What's not to love?

[debm55]

20. l agree, though I liked Algebra II better then Algebra I

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

21. Drafting and geometry

That's two of mine. I had a set of premium steel compasses that I got at the Gimbals art department.
An exterior angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the two remote interior angles. Liked math in general.
Never had any real talent for art.

I think I'd pass the nerd test with at least a B+.
Hated brief cases. Still like backpacks.

[debm55]

25. Thank you very much. discntnt_irny_srcsm

[electric_blue68]

100. I inherited a beautiful German made set of ink compasses w extenders, straight inkers from my mom.

Used them for decades for certain paste-up & mechanicals. Of course, there were rapidiographs I used more often.

[Upthevibe]

22. debm55.....

History, Theatre (it was called Drama back then but it's exactly what Theatre is now), English, Political Science. Pretty much everything but Math...

[debm55]

26. Thank you very much Upthevibe.

[Silver Gaia]

27. English, Journalism, Art

[debm55]

30. Thank you very much. Silver Gaia.

[Karadeniz]

28. Geometry and french....

[debm55]

31. Thank you Karadeniz. Very good

[yourout]

29. All the shop classes, phy Ed, History.

[debm55]

33. Thank you, youroutl I would have loved to take wood shop. Girls were not allowed.

[Jilly_in_VA]

32. Choir was #1

I also loved English and Art. I liked Spanish until my third year when the only teacher for third year decided I had "too much attitude" and despite perfect papers and test results, continued to give me Cs. I enjoyed Accounting which I took instead of Spanish my senior year.

[debm55]

34. Thank you Jilly_in_VA Shame on that teacher.

[Diamond_Dog]

35. Art was the only class I liked.

I made good grades in most classes but really didn’t like high school very much.

[debm55]

39. Same here. I was very good in the other classes , but I had my three favorites.

[Vegan4life]

36. French, English Literature, History of WWI and II

We even had sections on Shakespeare and Medieval European lit. Loved them all.

[debm55]

40. Thank you Vegan4Life. you had a great selection to select from.

[duncang]

37. Math, history, and science

But I got a lot deeper into history afterwards. A lot of the local stuff.

[debm55]

41. Thank you duncand. Great choices.

[Emile]

38. Homeroom, study hall and lunch.

[debm55]

42. Oh you HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHHHAH. Thank you Emile

[TommieMommy]

43. I had fun in woodshop and enjoyed typing and bookkeeping

[debm55]

45. Thank you TommieMommy. I so wanted to take woodshop. Not allowed. I took drafting and really liked it.

[TommieMommy]

62. I'm surprised they let a girl take woodshop back in the 60's I also took drafting. That was interesting

[electric_blue68]

102. My sis has a low retangular stained black wooden stool our dad made in woodshop! If he made it around ?1934 it's like...

90 yrs old! 😄

Unless it broke, and she forgot to tell me.
Must ask!

[sinkingfeeling]

44. History and Home Ec.

[debm55]

46. Thank you very much sinkingfeeling.

[pansypoo53219]

47. art, history.

CIVICS.

[debm55]

48. Thank you pansypoo53219 Great choices.

[Polly Hennessey]

49. English Lit, Geography/Geology, History.

I had fun in English grammar. I loved to diagram. Had a boyfriend that I would pass notes to. Always got caught and always got in trouble. It was worth it.

[debm55]

50. Thank you Polly Hennessey. I loved to diagram too. It made English fun for me.

[3catwoman3]

51. Biology, German, and band.

Started college as a biology major. Switched to nursing, and spent 45+ years as a pediatric nurse practitioner.

[debm55]

52. Thank you very much, 3catmoman3.

[Island Blue]

53. None.

I went to a small high school with nothing much to offer. (It has since grown & improved and is one of the best high schools in South Carolina.)

I guess if I HAD to choose I’d say biology, but I really didn’t enjoy my high school experience.

[debm55]

56. I agree. I hated High School but there were certain classes I really enjoyed. Student experience for me was terrible. I

liked to learn

[redstatebluegirl]

54. History, english and math.

[debm55]

63. Thank you redstatenbluegirl Great choices.

[redstatebluegirl]

70. I was always the nerd the jocks sought out for

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help on assignments, but not dates.

[debm55]

72. Same here. I should have asked for money to turtor. But was looking for a date. I was good at all subjects. Ranked 30th

in my class of 700, No dates in HS

[rockbluff botanist]

55. Chemistry, biology and geometry

[debm55]

64. Love your choices. Did it help with you life 's career?

[MaryMagdaline]

57. History, political science, English, Spanish

[debm55]

65. Thank you MaryMagdaline. Excellent choices.

[BaronChocula]

58. Biology, social studies/history, French

[debm55]

66. Thank you BaronChocula. Great choices.

[Niagara]

67. I excelled in life science, vocabulary and

I had been scoring high grades since the 5th grade in reading comprehension. I remember being in the advanced SRA Reading Labs category.


Today, I can't type a full coherent sentence and also have trouble spelling. Oh, and apparently now I'm having trouble with dates.

[debm55]

68. You are so much fun. that;s why i love you.

[AllaN01Bear]

69. messing with clay.

[debm55]

73. Thank you AllaN01Bear. Did you use the wheel or hand built?

[AllaN01Bear]

77. both.

back

[debm55]

84. I could never get the wheel correct,

[AllaN01Bear]

86. even when i was in colege because of my fused back , i could never do the wheel at al :(

did pinch. tile. and other forms .

[electric_blue68]

89. What's tile?

[AllaN01Bear]

90. ceramic tile .

[electric_blue68]

103. Oh, of course! 😄 Got it. 👍

[AllaN01Bear]

107. !!!!!

[debm55]

118. Thank you so much.Bear.

[electric_blue68]

106. I can't remember whether we had wheels. If we did they were in a corner. Not sure, bc not sure they were used in our...

class. I don't remember seeing anyone, bc if I had, I probably would have asked about it!

We sat at a long table. I remember scooping the clay out of the bins, though.

Perhaps, if there were wheels they were for advanced ceramics which I didn't take. Hmmm, I never thought to ask.

I have a dear friend who's done ceramics for decades.

[ProfessorGAC]

71. I'm Sure This Won't Surprise Anyone

Science & math were 1a & 1b, but I really liked history too.
In HS & college, I also took a couple film history classes that were great.

[debm55]

74. I always thought you would like music. I knew with your background you would like science and math.

[ProfessorGAC]

75. Never Had A Music Class

Well, maybe in early elementary grades; I don't recall.
But, I had no music classes in Jr. Hi, HS, or college.

[debm55]

81. Are you self taught?

[ProfessorGAC]

87. No, I'm Not

I started piano just before I turned 5. Teacher used the Schirmer method books.
When I was 10, I discovered jazz piano, and my dad found me a jazz coach who I was with until I was 15 or 16.
I taught myself guitar at 19, but I understood enough about music that the new instrument was all about technique. I didn't need a teacher, just the desire to get better.
I was talking about no music classes in school. Not even something like music appreciation was offered in the schools I attended. No idea why.

[debm55]

119. Thank you ProfessorGAC

[Gaytano70]

76. Drama and Choir and English

🎭

[debm55]

82. Thank you Gaytano70

[MMBeilis]

78. Nerd Alert!!! Chemistry, physics, biology.

[debm55]

120. HAHAHHAha. Thank you MMBeilis

[MMBeilis]

180. Deb - This is one of your best. Look at all of the replies! Art, geometry and drafting (!) are all great and all.....

.....had some connection to why I went into Architecture. I loved drafting and was very good at it, if I do say so myself. When computer aided drafting (CAD) took over, further compounding my love-loss with the profession over unimaginative and pecunious clients. Kepp it up with the great survey questions.

[JoseBalow]

79. History and English

My favorite classes, my favorite teachers. And still my favorite subjects today.

[BlueKota]

130. Mine too

[debm55]

158. Thank you BlueKota.

[debm55]

156. Thank you JoseBalow

[MichMan]

80. My favorite were a couple of Anatomy & Physiology courses

Dissected a Shark, and Fetal Pig in the first one and finally a Cat in the more advanced class.

Wanted to be a Veterinarian and ended up an Engineer.

[debm55]

83. I took a couple of anatomy classes too. We did the shark, fetal pig and the cat. I hated to do the cat.At that time, I

wanted to be a neonatal nurse. I couldn't do it.

[debm55]

121. Thank you MichMan

[MiKenMi33]

85. Algebra for me.

I used to bring my algebra book home every night and work algebra problems for fun.

[debm55]

157. Thank you MikenMi33

[Laffy Kat]

88. Science and English. nt

[debm55]

159. Thank you Laffy Kat.

[TexasBushwhacker]

91. Art and science, especially biology n/t

[debm55]

160. Thsnk you very much, TexasBushwhacher.

[Elessar Zappa]

92. Science and history.

Still love both.

[debm55]

161. Thank you Elessar Zappa

[Trailrider1951]

93. Mostly Science, particularly Chemistry

I went on to study Geochemistry in college, and to be employed with that knowledge most of my adult life. I also loved Art, particularly painting. I still paint in watercolor and acrylics to this day, but it's more of a hobby than a profession. Great topic, Deb!

[debm55]

162. Thank you Trailrider1951 for your post.

[sarge43]

94. History followed by biology n/t

[debm55]

163. Thank you very much sarge43

[electric_blue68]

95. Art Classes. History. Student Demonstrations.

Definitely Social Studies/History depending on the teacher. Dragged through the Economics semester. Ugggh.

Sometimes English was ok to ineresting. I had trouble talking about basic themes, hidden themes etc in literture. Blargh. (Probably better at it in the last decade or so)

Except for Geometry I "crawled" through the math classes. Avoided the science classes. I actually like some sciences alot, but not chemistry, basic physics. Though I find chemistry more interesting in part few decades. Hmmm..."Chemistry for Dummies"?
Now if we'd had Astronamy I might have been willing to learn some basic chemistry & phsyics! Probably same w some Earth Sciences.

Now on to Art Classes. Oil Painting, Graphic Design (which included illustration, and a book making assignment), Sculpture (did we have that?), not so much liking life drawing, Water colors, Ceramics.

I went on to Art College: graphic design, and assemblage Sculptures mostly. I loved painting, too. I learned paste ups & mechanicals in Adult Ed through other Art Colleges just post college, or also in summer in between Junior and Senior year in College.
I did paste ups & mechanicals, graphic design, some illustration professionally for 6ish yrs . Plus some community volunteer stuff using these skilks after regular work, weekends.

As for 😄 "Student Demonstrations" '68 - '70...
At the time our then "HS of Music & Art" (NYC) was situated between City College's north, and south campus. We'd watch the Anti-Vietnam War demos they were doing out our windows. Though one time the college students got in, ran through our hallways, banging on our class room doors yelling "Join Us!".
There were Black Power demos. Did we have any student strikes, don't remember.

I used to say "It's Spring: student demonstration time!".

Being a Creative HS we were allowed to dress almost always the way we wanted to. Fun!

[debm55]

165. Thank you for that great post, electric_blue68 It was great reading.

[electric_blue68]

171. Ty

[electric_blue68]

96. Was Drafting an elective?

Both my parents had T-Squares.
My dad from maybe doing some kind of signage early in his worklife.

My mom, otoh, was head "draftsman" for Hughes Aircraft during WW2 in California. She had about 50 +/- people under her.

[debm55]

166. I n my school it was only if you were not in that tract. My HS was set up along the lines of a college.

[arkielib]

98. Math

Especially Algebra and Geometry

[debm55]

168. Thank you very much arkielib.

[synni]

110. English grammar

[debm55]

112. Thank you , synni

[Captain Zero]

111. History, English, Latin and...

Publications Staff.
I worked on the yearbook staff.

My class motto was:
"We will find a way, or Make One."

[debm55]

169. Thank you very much Captain Zero

[Bristlecone]

113. English and Spanish

[debm55]

167. Thank you very much Bristlecone.

[dai13sy]

117. English - my Teachers were sooo good at their jobs. Algebra was actually fun and so was Choir.

[debm55]

124. Thank you dai13y.Great/

[qwlauren35]

122. I absolutely loved Geometry.

And didn't understand why until I went after a math degree in college in 2002. I started taking classes where all you did was proofs and I was totally in my element. In fact, in the 1980's I almost flunked calculus when I got my engineering degree and one of the reasons I got the math degree was for a do-over after 3 semesters, I was still bad at calculus. But I had to take an Analysis class which is all proofs of calculus... and I aced it.

This reminds me of my dream of going back to college and getting a math degree. Never too late... I think this is now officially back on my bucket list.

[debm55]

123. Thank you, wish you luck.

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[ismnotwasm]

125. Smoking weed, skipping school and getting suspended

I hated High School. I stopped going. Went and got my GED when I was 20. Let’s see, went to a semester of Catholic High school, hated it, regular high school, was indifferent to it, and a couple of alternative high schools, which I kind of liked.

[debm55]

154. Thank you ismnotwash.

Congratulations on getting your GED

[Enter stage left]

126. Do you mean besides "girls "?

[debm55]

153. HAHAHAHHAHha. Thank you Enter stage left.

[whathehell]

127. English Literature. n/t

[debm55]

151. Thank you very much. whatthehell.

[whathehell]

164. You're welcome, Deb

It sounds like your skill set includes a facility for math -- Good for you!..It's something that's always eluded me.

[WestMichRad]

128. All science and math classes

Clearly a nerd.
Did not fit in socially at all during HS. Thankfully, college was like being on a different planet!

[debm55]

150. Thank you WestMichRad. That is very true.

[BlueKota]

129. History and English

On the other end of the spectrum 🖕math & Gym class. 🤣

[debm55]

149. Thank you bery much BlueKota.

[LoisB]

131. History.

[debm55]

148. Thank you LoisB.

[Figarosmom]

132. The same as yours

I was a mathalete and an artist. I saw drafting as an extention of each. Went to college on art scholarship. And first full time job was as a draftsperson. That was before Autocad programs and we had to do the math.

I liked science too. And home Ec. Sewed most of my own clothes until my first job. Mostly mod style. And outfits like Cher's.

[debm55]

147. Wow. Very, very like me. I made my own clothing too. I worked for the Defense Department using AutoCAD for two years.

[northoftheborder]

133. English and orchestra

[debm55]

146. Thank you very much northoftheborder.

[madaboutharry]

134. English and Home Ec.

It might seem silly, but I loved Home Ec. I took knitting and crochet, lol. I made a beautiful blanket which all these decades later, I still have. And it still looks great. The teacher was a little old lady who must have been 100 years old. She was so kind. I’ll never forget her.

[debm55]

145. Thank you very much. madaboutharry. I always wanted to knit. I had Home Ec in 7,8,and 9 grade, It was an elective in HS

[radical noodle]

135. Literature, English, and history

[debm55]

144. Terrific choices. Thank you radical noodle.

[TlalocW]

136. Math, physics, and Spanish

And I triple-majored in them in college.

I was also a band nerd and enjoyed computer programming. I was just a nerd. I enjoyed learning, and I don't think I had a bad teacher - especially in high school.

[debm55]

143. Thank you very much, TialocW, You are very smart

[Rigpa108]

137. Drafting

Mechanical drafting in high school (1978). It became my career. Utilities, architectural, civil engineering, and cartography. Still at it as what they call a Visual Information Specialist. From graphite-on-vellum to ink-on-mylar to AutoCAD to GIS.
Still love what I do.

[debm55]

142. Thank you Rippa 108. I really enjoyed it. It has changed in many ways. I used the AutoCAD when I took off two years from

teaching when my son was born and I worked second shift.part time. Enjoyed it.

[lostnfound]

138. Algebra 2, analytic geometry, literature, all science except labs, Mr Bechtel's history class

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Mr Bechtel was a funny, wiry, wry fomer-dog-handler who survived Vietnam who accepted additions to his plant collection in lieu of demerits.
He told us the truth, made history exciting, and took an interest in each one of us. He’d give a conspiratorial nod before he’d tell us some reality (like about being a dog handler in Vietnam) and he’d mutter something like ‘that’s about as far as i can go and keep my job’ at our catholic high school.
He seemed puzzled that I chose engineering but suggested i take a look at LeHigh.
I did not normally like history (usually nothing but dates and wars, wasn’t it then?), but I loved his class, and his words have stuck clearly in my mind for 45 years. I suspect the interest in history that developed later had its origins there.

[debm55]

139. thank you losnfound, Whay a beautiful post about Mr Bechtel, Thank you for sharing you HS classes you enjoyed,

[Mad_Dem_X]

140. English, Art, Drama

I hated Math, Science, and PE.

[debm55]

141. Thank you Mad_Dem_X I hated PE also.

[Mad_Dem_X]

174. I'm lousy at ALL sports!

Always have been.

[Aviation Pro]

152. I'm an outlier

Math and physics.

[debm55]

155. Thank you very much, Aviation Pro.

[exboyfil]

170. History

Weird I became an engineer.

[debm55]

172. Thank you exboyfil It's because you are talented and a good student

[OldBaldy1701E]

173. History, Drama, Literature, Social Studies. (n/t)

[Sequoia]

175. History

Sometimes English for reading assignments.

[greymattermom]

176. History and Journalism

So I a became a neuroscientist.

[Onthefly]

177. Art, Music, and English

Grad School: Public Affairs and Research Methods

[RickHworth]

178. Band with marching band

Tied with chemistry taught by one of the greatest teachers in my life, Ms. Anna Helms.
English, Ms. Anderson
Algebra, can't remember her name right now. Then again its been 45 years.

[Wicked Blue]

179. Art, Theatre Arts, English

[hedda_foil]

181. English, History and Theater