What subject have you always wanted to learn more about

[Liberalynn]

I have always wanted to learn more about Celtic myths and legends. Hey my ancestors were Scotch/Irish so why not.

Also Astronomy. I find all that stuff fascinating and would like to more. What do you wish you knew more about?

[SiobhanClancy]

1. Quantum physics and the Irish language..

two very different subjects,for sure:)

[Liberalynn]

9. Very different subjects indeed.

I agree with you on the language part too. I'd love to learn more about the sciences in general but I never did very well in them grade wise.

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. If there was some way I could get paid to get college degrees...

that would be an ideal career for me. I'm interested in all kinds of history and I really enjoy learning about the early Christian church

[Liberalynn]

6. I would love

to be paid to be a full time college student too. That part I had down pat.

It's only when you add work place politics and bosses, I get anxiety attacks. :crazy:

History was my major but I would like to study more of it. I went back for a course on Vietnam a few years after I graduated.

Then I went back for a paralegal degree. This time I think I'd pick journalism though.

[khashka]

3. Linguistics and Gaelic

Both fascinate me. And I totally suck at them.

Maybe I could go back to college?


Khash.

[Liberalynn]

8. I'd love to learn Galeic too.

Going back to college is great. I have gone for a few courses here and there. I also went back to get a paralegal certificate which I got but have not used yet.

[leeroysphitz]

4. The "Oliver Cromwell" period of British history... n/t

[Liberalynn]

16. British History

would be a wonderful topic of study. I got mostly U.S., Soviet, and German History during the WWII period as that is where most of our professors had their expertise. I wish I had gone to a bigger college that had offered a wider perspective.

[sarge43]

5. Mathematics, Latin, ancient history for starters n/t

[Liberalynn]

13. Latin would be wonderful to study.

Ancient History as well. The colleges I went to didn't have a lot of courses on them. It was mostly just American and World War II Euro stuff.

[sarge43]

27. What I'd really like to study in depth is etymology

Words are like pot shards or fossils, even one can tell much about the language and therefore, the culture, even ones that are long gone.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

43. Gods, yes.

I'm a rabid reader/writer....I love words. Etymology is SO fascinating...

[WritingIsMyReligion]

41. Latin is a fascinating language.

Makes more sense than English, for Pan's sake.

:D

[LeftyMom]

7. I wish I could play an instrument and I wish I was more proficient with

other languages. Other than that I generally just jump in and start reading about anything that interests me, I just have no aptitude in those two areas dispite my interest.

[Liberalynn]

12. Those are great ones. I would love to learn how to play the piano.

I tried taking trumpet and guitar in school and though I did play trumpet in the band, I was never very good at it. I also wasn't very good at the guitar even though I practiced.

French would be a fantastic language to learn. I took Spanish for several years but I was never fluent and unfortunately I have forgotten a lot of it.

[LeftyMom]

17. I took keyboarding lessons but was never very good at it

I lack the coordination to be very good at an instrument. I did fairly well in chior and handbell chior and really enjoyed them. I'd love to learn to play guitar, but I have pain in my right hand from a bone I broke when I was younger so I don't think that would work out well.

Language-wise I learned some German in school and from family, but I'm very rusty now. Spanish would have been a more practical choice considering where I live, but I never was very good at practical choices. My sister is the one with an aptitude for languages- she speaks a fair amount of Spanish and some Japanese. She can play an instrument (the clarinet) and dance too, but I'm a much better writer than she is so it balances out.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

47. Piano....Ahhh....

My favorite instrument. Been playing it for the least amount of itme, but I love it the most. It can be ridiculously hard if you aren't able to make each hand work independently of the other, though, and yet have the two ultimately making harmony...

:D :D

[WritingIsMyReligion]

45. Aww, LM, I'm sorry you don't have more of an aptitude for music...

It's such a glorious thing...

[Scooter24]

10. Neuropsychopharmacology..

lol...I saw a book at the school bookstore titled that. Sounds like fun :P

[Liberalynn]

14. Definitely

:)

[nuxvomica]

11. Economics

Cuz it affects every aspect of our lives yet most folks don't have more than a passing acquaintance with it. Sorta like God, I guess. I would expecially like to understand the issue of how Calvinist principles have dominated the teaching of economics since the 19th century, spurring a group of German grad students to openly revolt against it.

I took an astronomy course in college long ago and I loved it. The instructer actually got me interested enough to briefly master the mathematics and physics of it.

For Irish history, you must read "How the Irish Saved Civilization." Besides being a fascinating story, it taught me that my version of Catholicism was closer to St. Patrick's than to St. Augustine's. I didn't previously know there was more than one version. Just like economics.

[Liberalynn]

19. Thank you for the book recommendation

I will definitely check that out.

Economics is a very interesting topic. We had a great professor who made it really interesting for us at Nazareth.

He and I would basically butt head sometimes because he was also a poli sci instructor and he was ugggggggg Republican and I was in the middle of my conversion to Democrat Yeah! but that said he thought trickle down econmoics was a bunch of crap and was invited by some committee in Washington to go give his opinions on why it didn't work. Unfortunately he passed away unexpectedly the following year. He was very young and turns out he had cancer. RIP.

I miss him. For a Republican he was a pretty nice guy and he conceded some of my points and was supportive to a lot of us when we were struggling with stuff. He told me to go watch soap operas one day because I had just come from watching a very depressing documentary in another class, then he showed one, and by the end of his, I was crying and announced I had zero faith left in human nature or anything else for that matter. So he told me I didn't have to do my homework, he would talk to the other professor and get me an extension on his, and that instead I should go watch TV or go to a movie, because he was worried, that I was getting far to close to the edge.

But back on topic you are right he told us how much economics effects our lives and the impact economics had on many events in history.

[Deja Q]

15. Immortality

[Liberalynn]

20. There ya go.

As long as it includes staying healthy with it.

[Deja Q]

50. Quite. Have you ever seen the movie "Death Becomes Her"?

:D

[trof]

18. Herbal remedies, but I guess that won't happen here.

:-(
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4767711&mesg_id=4767711

[Liberalynn]

22. nt

:hug:

[jane_pippin]

21. Everything. If there's a heaven, I hope that's what it is: Getting to know

about all the stuff you didn't have time to learn about or the aptitude for here. Like physics. I think it's fascinating but I just can't get my head around it. Religions of the world, ancient cultures, not so ancient cultures, biology, physiology, history, psychology, art, language--everything. How fun would that be?

[WCGreen]

24. Me too... That has always been a problem of mine....

Too many interests....

Leonardo has always been my hero....

[jane_pippin]

25. This is why we need to be independently wealthy.

That way instead of workin' for the man we could be spending time learning about things. That would be ideal.

[WCGreen]

26. I know I know....

But, if you scale back your life style.... (I did, but not on purpose) you can get away with a life spent learning....

[jane_pippin]

31. True. Though I think I'm fairly scaled back as it is and I still have two

jobs. I suppose I could get rid of cable, but, (and I know this sounds weird), but The Daily Show, Colbert, and Bill Maher's show are inspiring--as in I get to thinking when I watch them, especially Bill Maher--so I don't want to get rid of that. And I don't have a car or house payments or insurance, (though I'd love to have insurance). We never go out and I don't really buy a lot of stuff I don't need other than books here and there. Ironically, it's that damn student loan I have that's eating up my loot. That and taxes from the job I hate, but that's a rant in and of itself. (Look for it on Tuesday, since that's when I have to get my taxes done. Joy.)

Oh well. I'm in a whiny mood today. Sorry about that. Hopefully before I die I'll finally have some time to myself. (That sounds more dire than I mean it to.) Alright. Time to get ready for work. Have a great night WC. Get your learn on for me. :hi:

[WCGreen]

32. Remain Curious.....

And you shall live a fruitful life....

[Oeditpus Rex]

23. World War II

Not so much the battles — except for air battles — but the hows and whys. The politics and economics.

And the humanity.

[genie_weenie]

28. Carpentry and Philosophy

[Omphaloskepsis]

29. I would like to learn more about fixing cars.

I took a year of auto shop in high school. I didn't really get much out of it.

And Ruby

[x-g.o.p.er]

30. I want to learn to play the Banjo...

and I want to know more about the Napleonic wars

[Left Is Write]

33. Criminal psychology, forensics, and languages.

[djeseru]

34. I'd like to learn to read music.

I'd also like to get more into philosophy. Go back over chemistry and see what I missed out on. I was thinking of a learning another language but I am unsure of which one.

[Left Is Write]

35. I think the first language I would learn would be Italian.

I'd brush up on my Spanish too. I think I could pick up Italian pretty quickly, and then I could move on to something more challenging.

I'd like to speak Norwegian too.

[djeseru]

36. I know just enough Spanish to get me into trouble.

Ah, the joys of residing in Texas and California...

I have picked up more over the past few years though. And this is what I love about these Latin-based languages, is the similarities here and there.

I've been loving listening to the names of the venues throughout Turin over the past week - repeating them out loud over and over! Italian has this wonderful flow to it.

Norwegian would be a big stretch for me! I even considered Japanese for a while, but, wow...a little more than I can handle right now!

[Left Is Write]

38. I took Spanish in school for seven years...

but it's been so many years since I got out of school that I'm not proficient at it any more. I'd definitely need to brush up.

I love listening to Italian. It's such a beautiful language.

Noerwegian would be a bit of a stretch for me too, but it's my ethnic heritage, so it'd be nice if I could learn it. Chinese and Japanese intimidate me.

My husband speaks Russian, which is also an intimidating language to think about learning.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

40. Reading music is a glorious thing.

I hope you get to learn that soon!

:hi:

[bumblebee1]

37. What would I like to learn

Languages- I learned French, Spanish, Greek and Italian. I wish I could hold a philosophical conversation in those languages. I'd like to learn German, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese. I learned French and Spanish while in school. Italian and Greek I learned while serving in the Navy. I also want to brush up on the first four languages.

History would also be another subject I'd like to tackle. I've always been somewhat of a history buff. Besides American history, I'd also like to learn Canadian, European and Russian history to start.

Theology is another subject that's held my curiosity. Being raised Roman Catholic, I've always had a curiosity about how other people worshipped God or any other deity.

Music wise, I'd like to learn either the piano or guitar.

Don't want to learn much now, do I?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

39. Irish and Scottish Gaelic.

I'm a fiend for the Celts/Gaels and their cultures and languages. I can say maybe three things in Irish, and not off the top of my head...

:cry::cry:

:D

Edited to add: I also want to know jazz theory. I love that music too much now to not know the nuances of its theory.

[Cathyclysmic]

42. Good question

For some reason I want to learn different types of knots.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

44. Life.

[blue neen]

46. The stockmarket.

I don't understand it nearly enough.

[cynatnite]

48. To play the guitar or piano

I've always wanted to learn to play a musical instrument.

Another one is archeology. I would love to dig up old artifacts.

[Ikonoklast]

49. Astrophysics, paleontology, geology

There are so many things that interest me that I never got a chance to formally study.

My idea of heaven is a library full of every book of knowledge that ever was and an eternity to study and understand them all.

[Wapsie B]

51. Life, Love and the destruction of man

[hyphenate]

52. Freemasonry, the Kabbalah and other

such esoteric subjects as these.

There are so many things I would like to get involved in, and metaphysical and paranormal matters are high on my list, as well as "secret" societies. Plus, a long time ago, one theory posited on Jack the Ripper was that he was a Mason, so I got interested in that as well.

[xmas74]

53. Accupressure

and herbology.