What were your worst subjects in high school? For me, it was math and chemistry.

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helenS · 36-40, F

Geography. Horrible. We had to learn the names of all tributaries of the river Danube, and the names of the cities where those tributaries enter the Danube.
History was also boring as f*ck. We had to learn the names of all Roman emperors, and the time period in which they reigned. Valerius Licinianus Licinius, for example. 🤮

jackson55 · M

@helenS I didn’t find history so bad. It was algebra that made no sense to me, still doesn’t.

ElwoodBlues · M

@helenS That's AWFUL! Tributaries of the Danube is kind of a waste because it's all on a good map, but at least it's current knowledge about the modern world. But memorizing Roman emperors? Jeez! And some of them were so awful, too!! I vaguely remember "the year of 4 emperors," did you have to memorize all 4, or could you blip over the short-term ones?

helenS · 36-40, F

@ElwoodBlues We did not have to learn the names of ALL of them, to be honest. Only the more "important ones". Still some dozen names...
I think the idea was to fill our memory banks with completely useless stuff, and call that "education". 😐