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What were your most and least favourite lessons at school?
66Mustang
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I am interested to hear what your favourite and least favourite subjects at school were, and why?
My least favourite was PE. I didn’t like anything about it really. No redeeming features
. Although, I think this was possibly down to it being a group-based lesson as I got bullied at school so I wasn’t a popular kid during things like selections! My runner up here is drama as I hated performing or speaking in front of others!
My favourite was science, or in particular physics, although I liked all aspects of science! Runners up are maths (yes seriously ) and technology - I really liked making things like circuit boards.
) and technology - I really liked making things like circuit boards.My least favourite was PE. I didn’t like anything about it really. No redeeming features
. Although, I think this was possibly down to it being a group-based lesson as I got bullied at school so I wasn’t a popular kid during things like selections! My runner up here is drama as I hated performing or speaking in front of others!
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Next would be home economics liked to cook
Worst wound be science and I still don't like sci fi followed closely by geography
and as for history didn't see the point
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My worst was physical education. To put it mildly, I have never been the athletic type.
Great thread
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chemistry was worst of all, in fact we played up so much our chemistry teacher would come in, fill a whole blackboard with writing and leave immediately. Consequently we all failed chemistry o level.
PE was fine, I was in the rugby team until it started to seriously hurt when I was fifteen. Football came a close second but no team place. ☹️
Did anyone have a favourite or least favourite subject that was influenced by the teacher that taught that subject? I often hear people say they liked or disliked a subject because of the teacher. However, I had some poor science teachers and some really good PE teachers, yet science was still my favourite and PE was still my worst subject!
Great thread, my favourite lesson was PE as I loved being outside and my worst lesson was maths- really didn't like it or understand it. Thank you.
I was never a fan of maths...
I liked history, partly because of the teacher, partly because of the subject...right up until GCSE year where the topic was Medicine Through Time... All about bodies and bodily fluids and plagues and needles etc... Unsurprisingly I didn't fly through that exam! Fortunately the earlier coursework was on wartime Germany which I was much better at and that brought the overall grade up to a D...
Also didn't like Biology for the same reason as above! Though we had a slightly squeamish teacher which was interesting when it came to dissections... I just hid at the back of the class out of the way of that lol.
Also didn't like food tech...hmm, I'm now realising how many subjects were affected by own problems, rather than being a simple opinion of like or dislike!
I did like maths and Physics, but I think my favourite subject was probably what we called DT (woodwork/metalwork etc). Still have a few of the items I made in that class though I'm not sure I could do it for a living...the band saw always terrified me lol, students weren't allowed to use it luckily!
@OverlyAnxious we did medicine through time as well! Yes I can imagine it being tricky with your issues
I did hate PE though, I was never any good at it, especially when I got bullied for not being able to hit or catch the ball in Rounders, the English equivalent of Baseball.
I also hated Spanish, mainly because the teacher made Victor Meldrew look like the happiest man in the world! And I thought I was grumpy lol.
And RE, I've never been religious, apart from Weddings, Christenings and Funerals I've been to Church about 4 times in 44 and half years nearly.
@OverlyAnxious and @66Mustang I too remember studying medicine through time during my history GCSE but I think my favourite was wartime Germany, thank you for sharing.
Wow, Northern Ireland, I imagine that was really interesting, please may I ask, what did the specification for this topic entail? Thank you. Yes, Wartime Germany was really interesting, particularly gaining insight into the years that led up to the start of the war. I really enjoyed history and as I say this was my favourite topic but I think what also helped was I had a really good teacher, who used a variety of teaching techniques including acting different events out to ensure everyone in the class was able to learn in a way that worked for them. They were a fantastic teacher and I was lucky to be in a good class. I did well in history and that was due to the teacher. Thank you.
Thank you for recommending that book @chiarieds
I hated languages, and eventually got permission to drop french as a subject at all at GCSE, as it was hopeless. Instead, I got to spend 3 hours per week extra doing my art coursework (which also resulted in an A grade). Some years later I learned BSL and Makaton. Who says languages have to be spoken, or graded?
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I really enjoyed German. Mainly because I was good at it, but also I had a really fun teacher and I enjoyed being able to mutter things in a different language to confuse my friends.
I never liked P.E. As a person with sight loss there wasn't much I could do well, if at all. Normally ended up taking the score of whatever game was going on.
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