what was the most useless subject you studied in high school

[hawkeye3210]

I would venture a guess that almost everyone saying algebra is useless is actually using it all the time.

[jmccaskill]

Back then I thought the most useless subject for me was typing. First day I walked in the classroom. There were no guys at all. A girl dominant class. I sat in there feeling so embarrassed 'cause all the guys(friends) are going to make fun of me. So the next day, I went to see a counselor so I can change my class to JROTC. But now I reflected back on the choices I've made. It really affected my future. Now, I think about my choices and how I wish that I could stay in that class and learn the proper hand and fingers on the keyboard. Even til this day, I am still typing with my index fingers whereas my son in 8th grade is like a pro at the keyboard. Even after high school, I never took keyboarding in college for that matter, and am suffering the consequences for my choices. Hey typing/keyboarding is just as important for women as it is essential for men.

Amen to the typing class! Way back when dinosaurs roamed and I was in high school we actually had to have at least two elective courses in our Jr. and Sr. years. My Dad demanded that I take 'Personal Typing' as one of my electives, much to my dislike. His argument was 'Son, believe me that one day you will be very thankful that you have learned the basics of typing. It does not matter how fast you can type, but knowing how is something you will appreciate.' How right he was, that was 18 years before the first home computer was created! Still can't type very well but I cringe when I see folks (usually my age) typing with two fingers!!! I want to shove them out of their chair and do it for them!!

[Flackle]

I don't think any subject has gone unused and that is probably true for those that think they were wasting time in a class like algebra. Algebra teaches some fundamentals like you can do anything in an equation as long as you do the same thing on both sides of it, life has many absolutes similar to this 'law', i.e. whatever you do has consequences somewhere else!! And as said before, chemistry is EVERYWHERE even if it is not noticed as such. Even off beat subjects contribute to ones way of thinking and viewing the world around them.

Believe me, I was no scholar, quite the opposite, but I recognize now how things I studied (?) have fit into my life and thinking. To answer the question though, I would say sociology was probably the least useful of all the courses.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that holds this view.

[smithjcsdfw]

Based on the logic of the subject that I have not used it would have to be Spanish.

[schoolvan]

I thought history was useless did not like it then and I still don't.

[ljrjess69]

i wouls say art..

[dkanofsky]

Geometry.  Never needed it after the course ended.  It was just was a requirement for college.

[nypd41]

algebra and trigoniometry   .

[vickysue]

Mine was shorthand. I had no desire to be a secertary. But had to take an elective and had taken everything else. Loved typing and all the other classes had great teachers who made it fun to learn.

[sherryinutah]

Do we really have to choose just one?  I think I've made my point.    

[lje11725]

I think mine was Biology.  While most of biology is pretty much common sense, I have never once before or after Biology class
been asked to dissect a frog and look at its insides

[bessie1111]

Shorthand.  My parents made me take it, I've never used it in many, many years and I had wanted to take a foreign language in its place.  Ugh!

[Nancy5]

I would also have to say art (I have no talent can't draw a straight line and dont care to), music ( again no singing ability), and shorthand.  Never used that, always hated that subject!

[rricardi58]

I thought history was the most useless subject.  The reason is that for one thing, I never had a good history teacher. They taught in a manner inconsistent
with the way I learn.  They taught by oral instruction with little or no notes and they never really followed the books they handed out.  It was all impromptu for the most part.

It almost assumed that you had taken history since you were old enough to read.

[mill8277]

I agree algebra it is headache....I could never get it and have never used it in my adult life....