What subject(s) did your school board make mandatory to take, but think it was a complete waste of time?
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dancingtongue · 80-89, M
None. Technically, Physical Education for me was a waste of time since I was on restricted activity by my doctor, but the State mandated everyone had to take it. And I wound up being the equipment mgr/towel boys for the athletic teams which led me into sports reporting for local newspapers, getting a journalism degree, and a career in PR, so not a waste at all.
Schools in my era offered a far greater variety of options than today, including vocational (wood & plastics shop, auto shop), practical skills (homemaking, typing, driver education), in addition to College Prep. Math was not a strong suit of mine and nothing I have ever used to any extent, but my only regret is that the later semesters were skewed more to calculus than advanced geometry. I found the logic of geometry much more useful. The four years of a foreign language were difficult for me, but I understood the value of learning Spanish. The value of taking Latin as many did was beyond me.
Schools in my era offered a far greater variety of options than today, including vocational (wood & plastics shop, auto shop), practical skills (homemaking, typing, driver education), in addition to College Prep. Math was not a strong suit of mine and nothing I have ever used to any extent, but my only regret is that the later semesters were skewed more to calculus than advanced geometry. I found the logic of geometry much more useful. The four years of a foreign language were difficult for me, but I understood the value of learning Spanish. The value of taking Latin as many did was beyond me.