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What was the most useless thing you learned at school?

Country dancing has to be pretty high up there

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Thevy29 · 41-45, M Best Comment

Sex Ed - They only taught it to us in the 10th grade and by then 3 of the girls in class already had kids.

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@Thevy29 too little TOO LATE

Thevy29 · 41-45, M

@SW-User Thanks for the BC. Incidentally, 2 of those girls are now grandparents of a 5 and a 7 year olds. 😰

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@Thevy29 terrifying 😱

Grateful4you · M

Not useless but I was voted best writer of my senior composition class. Something I never expected and I confess, I bawled like a baby.

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@Grateful4you that’s sweet! I got an award for my handwriting once-can’t even read it now 🤣

Grateful4you · M

@SW-User I had a teacher who rapped my hand for being left- handed. Because of that, my mom taught me the Palmer method of script which is beautiful handwriting. To this day, people comment on my handwriting ability.

SarahAndSamantha · 46-50, F

The fact that I won't always have a calculator on me..

*stares at the literal computer that is my phone in "oh, really?"*

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@SarahAndSamantha YESSSSS! All that time doing sums FOR NOTHIN!

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

To this day I reckon I could still draw you a Farrowing shed for birthing Sows !
Complete with extractor fans; bedding; Farrowing crate; water supply and bedding !

Did you know you cut Piglets teeth at four weeks ? To prevent damage to the Sow’s nipples ?

Piprazine was a veterinary drug used for something pig related 🤷‍♂️

[b]Rural Studies[/b]. Not even sure it’s taught anymore

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@Picklebobble2 my brain has grown considerably reading this!!

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

@SW-User I grew up in the country so many of my generation either lived on farms or went into farming after school finished.

It was an interesting subject though !

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I can imagine yes!@Picklebobble2

Rolexeo · 26-30, M

They made us sing and dance and perform at latchkey 😒

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@Rolexeo bet it was cute tho. For the adults

Rolexeo · 26-30, M

@SW-User It exhausted me, we had to practice for hours a day and they charged the parents money for tickets, it was borerline child labor lol

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@Rolexeo poor little dots

Pfuzylogic · M

Slide ruler and abacus

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@Pfuzylogic it seems medieval now

Pfuzylogic · M

@SW-User
Old fashioned technology before the calculator!

MougyWolf · 36-40, M

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbz2NCfQP9Y]

Iwillwait · M

That a sea of aquanet and cheap perfume can be unstable.

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@Iwillwait was it a nunnery??!

Iwillwait · M

@SW-User no, that was the hallway in highschool.

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@Iwillwait ohhhh!!

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Tracing, never done it once

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@SW-User hell yes! And remember etching? We got taken on a school trip to a graveyard to etch gravestones..what a riot!

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@SW-User I think there's a book to be written about crap school trips.

Allelse · 36-40, M

Yeah they made us do line dancing one time.

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@Allelse cringefest

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Long division.

Maths

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@SW-User it’s like torture 😰

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@SW-User Ain't no fun teaching it either

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@SW-User kudos!!

HootyTheNightOwl

Times tables... I never did get my head around those.

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@HootyTheNightOwl god yes..I guessed a lot of maths 😏

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Oh yeah that was pretty useless in my life that and bomb drills

MURD3RM0NK3Y · 26-30, M

The Pythagorean theorem

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Mind blowing @MURD3RM0NK3Y

travelguy01 · 41-45, M

Square dancing in PE was fairly useless…though I did get to dance with some cute girls at least lol.

Iwillwait · M

@travelguy01 you learned to count, though.

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@travelguy01 Baby Casanova huh

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Females can be soft, sweet & caring

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Sorry @SW-User

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I really couldn't say. Most of what I've learned hasn't been of any use to me.

In fact, only basic mathematics, reading, and writing have been of any use and I learned them from my mother before I ever went to school.

empanadas · 31-35, M

calculus, never used it

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