what is the most useless school subject

[SpaceYeti]

Couldn't that indicate you suck?

... That is what I said, so... yeah? I meant it in the ubiquitous "you" sort of way, but there's a fine chance I did suck straight out of high school, also.

 

[C.Hecker88]

I would have to go with HOPE, a health+physical fitness course that is mandatory for anyone wanting to graduate high school where I live.

Agriculture is another one of those classes that I hated since I heard about it.

 

[Wolf18]

English by far. I learnt literally nothing in the 6 years of the subject at secondary school, despite getting pretty much straight A's. Total joke.



@Wolf18 I'm curious if gym class is similar to P.E. (physical education) in Australia. In Australia P.E. actually covered some parts of biology and had theory work, stuff about plyometrics, different types of weight training for different results etc.
I actually learnt heaps about optimal training and how to target different types of fitness.
I always find it strange when people complain about 'gym' class, it makes me wonder if in the states it's anything like what I was taught in school, which had a decent amount of theory work and was all about how to practically apply what you learnt. In one point we had to choose a specific attribute that we wanted to improve in ourselves, I can only remember four of our choices which were:

- vertical leap
- sit and reach flexibility
- max push-ups in 1 min
- 1.6km (1 mile) run best time

We had to implement a program based on 3 exercises that would improve our ability. I chose vertical leap and actually improved by 18cm (roughly 5 inches) in only 4 weeks. The class had homework which was pretty much based on following set routines (of your own choosing) and then hypothesising as to why (or why not) they weren't successful etc.

Is 'gym' class in the U.S. anything like that? I have a feeling the answer is no to be honest, but for me it was by far my favourite subject.

in secondary school we spent one unit a year on that. I go to a Jewish school, so it could be different, as they don't put so much emphasis on Phys Ed (which is ironic because most of the Jews who don't end up scholars seem to end up street fighters and gunmen). My friends who went to a secular secondary school said it was more like what you described. But I think it's really supposed to be the same thing, and we really are supposed to call it PE, I was just keeping in with everyone else's theme of writing "gym". "Gym" is really just my school's slang.

And I had the same experience in English as you did. The same thing for 6 years in a row.

SW

 

[VII]

Without a doubt P.E. I don't need to be taught that getting hockey sticked in the shins hurt. I despised team games such as football and made a point of not learning the rules. The repercussion of course being made to run around the school grounds, and of course not being particularly popular with peers whithin that lesson time. However the one benefit came when we moved on to tennis. I very much enjoyed playing the teacher and hitting the ball as far it would go, just so I could watch them retreive it.

 

[Nezaros]

I would have to go with HOPE, a health+physical fitness course that is mandatory for anyone wanting to graduate high school where I live.

HOPE was absolutely horrible.

 

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Political science