what is your favorite subject at school/college?

[Aurican]

Anthropology/Biology

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[Staralfur]

English - when I was doing it. It was always my worst subject, but I had a really great teacher, whom I still keep in contact with, who always made the lessons interesting. I've always loved reading as well which helped.
Unfortunately I had to give it up to carry on with my better subjects.

From knowing people and reading what's above, it seems that peoples favorite subjects aren't normaly their best, I comes down to the teacher and how interesting the teacher makes it.

[This message has been edited by Staralfur (edited 05-26-2001).]

[Wah]

I used to love Maths too - until the teacher screwed up a 2 hour homework, saying that she could've expected better from me.

After that, let's just say that she never got any homework again yet I cam out of the exams with a healthy C.

I blame it all on her.
After studying Psychology, I realised that teachers can have a big influence on the learning of students.

It's not a case of sitting on your arse and listening, copying, etc....
There has to be interaction = a two way link. Not just "I talk, you listen and take in the garbage" kind of thing.

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Greetings Mortals. My Name Is Wah, Arch Lich Wah.

[Sazerac]

Wah, as an instructor myself, I can understand your complaint. I'm not sure what the British education system is like, but if it's anything like the American one, it's sadly going down the tubes.

Here in America (at least in Texas), 40% of all high school students cannot name the country that borders our state to the south.

25% are functionally illiterate.

35% cannot perform simple arithmetic operations, even to the point of balancing a checkbook or making change in a store.

Over 60% have never once been exposed to any of the great works of literature.

We are raising a nation of drones and slaves, not free-thinkers, and it makes me sick. I see it every day, with the people that I get from the high-schools (most of them drop-outs from a system that has failed them) who are looking for a "second chance" at just being able to make a living. That's what we give them at the trade institute I work at.

And these people aren't dumb. The systems failed them, they didn't fail the system. I see the difference as I train them. Some of them come up to me and tell me how I was the first teacher they ever met who cared about them and actually taught them something.

It's a sad state of affairs.

[AliCat]

Favorite subjects in college were religion, when taught by someone who cared about freedom of thought and NOT a fanatic, and art, specifically sculpture. Explains why I'm a physical therapist now, huh? Not! Explains, perhaps, why I am not happy in said career field.

[sylent]

I am at high school right now, and I enjoy English, Music, and Biology.
I used to like maths, but it just frustates and annoys me now.

Aurican: Nice upgrade on your sig! (thats what I call an elf)

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[Davros]

At University -

Favourite subject - Mass Transfer Operations - 3 cheers for something with practical use.

Least Favourite - Advanced Numerical Methods - if I never see another Laplace transform, Wronskian, or Jacobi Polynomial again I will be a happy camper.



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