Re: Difficult school subjects.

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

I flunked World History 1 twice. Ended up going to Summer School to pass it. Difficult? No, I saw it as my "not interested" topic. My attention was all focused on job related(making money) classes like/Bookkeeping/General Business/Typing/Math, and then there was the Marching Band.

I quit high school twice, once my Senior year, went back the next year for the 1st semester(my class had graduated), then quit right after start of the 2nd semester, and joined the United States Army Reserves. Did my Active Duty in 1958, and the rest of my 5 1/2 years going to weekly meetings and annual 2 week Summer Camps Training. Received my Honorable Discharge in 1964.

Got my GED while in the Active United States Army. Learned more living in the real world, I think anyways, than I ever would have by finishing high school. Retired at 52 and that was 28 years and 2 days ago. Not bad, eh? =^..^=

hckynut(john)

deepwaterdotter · ‎03-09-2010

I had a difficult time mastering Latin. Thus my career as a doctor or lawyer was never to be.

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

I had no problems with math, science, or four years of Latin. What I struggled with...mostly because I hated it was Geography.

It was too much memorization in a subject I wasn't interested in. History was a close second. Too many dates to keep straight.

RetRN · ‎10-01-2013

I really struggled with chemistry in high school and college. But, what I hated most was phy. ed. The crazy teacher eventually shot herself.

Bridgegal · ‎03-09-2010

I did fine in math until I hit Algebra. In 8th grade they gave us all an algebra aptitude test and I scored highest in my class. Even my then math teacher was stunned and said so in front of the whole class. I didn't like that much.

I don't know what happened but I barely passed algebra. I kept looking for numbers... it WAS math after all. It never made one bit of sense to me. All of those letters.

Next year was geometry and I sailed through that with high A's. Loved geometry. That was my last 'math' class. Quit while you are ahead.

Vivian · ‎03-11-2010

Calculus. I was a good student, even in math, but after I was placed in an honors course with future engineers, I floundered. It gave me math phobia for many years. When I had to take statistics in college, I postponed it until senior year. I got an A but that fear stayed with me. Physics was another problem. I was great in bio and chem but physics eluded me.