What was/is your favorite subjects in school?
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my favorite course that I ever took in Cegep was an anthropology class which I found absolutely fascinating. My teacher was the most interesting person and the course was only being offered on a specialty basis as she didnt regulalry work in education but gave lectures from time to time and traveled the world on various discovery teams and was involved in some of the biggest and most important archaeological excavations and finds. she was in the midst of writing a collected work of essays and journal entries for publishing and offered the class in her spare time. I learned more from that one teacher than I did in any other class Ive ever taken leading up to that!
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In elementary school, spelling class was my favorite. In 5th grade, the teacher even let me sometimes grade our spelling tests. <3 
In middle school and high school, I always liked English class. I used to write all the time (mostly poetry), so I always liked the writing assignments.
I liked Spanish class up until the end of 11th grade- it used to be easy for me, but then all of a sudden it got hard. I did take AP Spanish in 12th grade..yeah, not the best idea.
I didn't dislike American history, but it always took a long time to study...my memory isn't the best. I don't mean this to sound bad, but other countries have such long histories that there was so much to learn...I guess that American history was just easier for me...and more interesting (sorry!).
I've never been good at math. In first grade, I couldn't subtract, so I'd write plus signs over the minus signs on my worksheets and told my teacher that they came like that (Idk if that was a one-time thing or if it happened more than once).
I've never been good at science. I hated chemistry, since it dealt with so much math. I usually got B's in science class, though; effort grades are great.
In college, I liked my English classes, and I liked my film classes. American history, again, was alright.
In middle school and high school, I always liked English class. I used to write all the time (mostly poetry), so I always liked the writing assignments.
I liked Spanish class up until the end of 11th grade- it used to be easy for me, but then all of a sudden it got hard. I did take AP Spanish in 12th grade..yeah, not the best idea.
I didn't dislike American history, but it always took a long time to study...my memory isn't the best.
I don't mean this to sound bad, but other countries have such long histories that there was so much to learn...I guess that American history was just easier for me...and more interesting (sorry!).I've never been good at math. In first grade, I couldn't subtract, so I'd write plus signs over the minus signs on my worksheets and told my teacher that they came like that (Idk if that was a one-time thing or if it happened more than once).
I've never been good at science. I hated chemistry, since it dealt with so much math. I usually got B's in science class, though; effort grades are great.
In college, I liked my English classes, and I liked my film classes. American history, again, was alright.
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I suppose my best subject is Literature, and English recently seems to be a hit or miss with me. It's much easier knowing the basics of English and how to use them, rather than how to pinpoint the predicate adjective in a declarative sentence.
I enjoy History, particularly World History. Better yet, anything from Greek and Roman times. I do well in that class, always have.
Math is not my strong suit, nor am I very interested in it, yet this year I've made straight A's in that subject, so that, too, is great!
I suppose my best subject is Literature, and English recently seems to be a hit or miss with me. It's much easier knowing the basics of English and how to use them, rather than how to pinpoint the predicate adjective in a declarative sentence.
I enjoy History, particularly World History. Better yet, anything from Greek and Roman times. I do well in that class, always have.
Math is not my strong suit, nor am I very interested in it, yet this year I've made straight A's in that subject, so that, too, is great!
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I liked English well enough but couldn't diagram a sentence to save my life. 
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I posted on here way back when I was still at school, so I feel a retrospective opinion would be worthwhile.
Favourites:
English
Always got a kick out of reading and writing, so this is a no-brainer.
Modern Foreign Languages
I find great satisfaction out of knowing foreign languages, and have continued to do so to university. I did French and German at school (I might have also done a bit of Italian had the teacher not got a bun in her oven), and I always preferred the former there, though I think that I like them both equally now.
P.S.E.
Aka Personal and Social Education. The "subject" that had the most name changes known to anything within a fifteen mile radius of a school. Amongst its other names were Citizenship, Guidance and (my personal favourite) Complementary Curriculum. Most of it was indeed politically-correct and downright patronising hogwash, but it gets an honour as it would replace one normal lesson a week, obviously a bonus when it was a hated subject.
Hated:
Mathematics
I never really liked working with numbers. So Maths naturally wasn't ever my cup of tea. Plus, I had a teacher for many years who would wear white blouses, and whenever she lifted her arm to write on the board, she'd have a yellow stain under her armpits.
P.E.
That stands for Physical Education. Aka a way of turning sport and pleasant exercise into faux army training, complete with some "teachers" (aka sports coaches who could write if need be) who quite frankly had a look of Mussolini in them (I bet that they probably shared his political views too). I'm all for physical recreation, but it needs reviewing in this form.
Physics
Really now. Rational. Dull. Hard.
Loved it until a teacher came along and ruined everything:
History
I really liked history and still do, though I dropped it as a proper subject at the age of 16 as I had an extremely whiny teacher who was highly irritating and weird.
Art
Evil bitch of a teacher who had no artistic taste. I still concur that you might have seen me at Disney or on the London art scene were it not for her. Oh well, c'est la vie.
Favourites:
English
Always got a kick out of reading and writing, so this is a no-brainer.
Modern Foreign Languages
I find great satisfaction out of knowing foreign languages, and have continued to do so to university. I did French and German at school (I might have also done a bit of Italian had the teacher not got a bun in her oven), and I always preferred the former there, though I think that I like them both equally now.
P.S.E.
Aka Personal and Social Education. The "subject" that had the most name changes known to anything within a fifteen mile radius of a school. Amongst its other names were Citizenship, Guidance and (my personal favourite) Complementary Curriculum. Most of it was indeed politically-correct and downright patronising hogwash, but it gets an honour as it would replace one normal lesson a week, obviously a bonus when it was a hated subject.
Hated:
Mathematics
I never really liked working with numbers. So Maths naturally wasn't ever my cup of tea. Plus, I had a teacher for many years who would wear white blouses, and whenever she lifted her arm to write on the board, she'd have a yellow stain under her armpits.
P.E.
That stands for Physical Education. Aka a way of turning sport and pleasant exercise into faux army training, complete with some "teachers" (aka sports coaches who could write if need be) who quite frankly had a look of Mussolini in them (I bet that they probably shared his political views too). I'm all for physical recreation, but it needs reviewing in this form.
Physics
Really now. Rational. Dull. Hard.
Loved it until a teacher came along and ruined everything:
History
I really liked history and still do, though I dropped it as a proper subject at the age of 16 as I had an extremely whiny teacher who was highly irritating and weird.
Art
Evil bitch of a teacher who had no artistic taste. I still concur that you might have seen me at Disney or on the London art scene were it not for her. Oh well, c'est la vie.
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In high school, the only class I really liked was my English class (with one teacher). The subject then became my chosen favorite.
In college, I really liked my science classes. This is funny mostly because I hated the subject in high school—I think it’s because in high school they try not to overload the dumb kids’ little heads and don’t give you the details. Having all the details helps it make better sense to me. Good teachers help to.
I’ve also enjoyed my Mythology, Philosophy, Religion and English classes in college most of all.
I’ve had around 8 Spanish classes, but it’s still an uncomfortable class for me. Its fine to write in, but I always “think” in English and can’t instantly translate what I want to say in Spanish to make it proper spoken communication.
Psychology is an iffy area. And Sociology was unbearably horrible (it takes all the stuff you would have generally expected already and makes it into a “class”—ugh). Anthropology was also a so-so area, because it’s overly technical about something I don’t really care about.
And I’ve always been excellent in my Mathematics classes, but it doesn’t interest me at all. Though, really, I don’t get low grades. Not low by general standards, anyway.
In college, I really liked my science classes. This is funny mostly because I hated the subject in high school—I think it’s because in high school they try not to overload the dumb kids’ little heads and don’t give you the details. Having all the details helps it make better sense to me. Good teachers help to.
I’ve also enjoyed my Mythology, Philosophy, Religion and English classes in college most of all.
I’ve had around 8 Spanish classes, but it’s still an uncomfortable class for me. Its fine to write in, but I always “think” in English and can’t instantly translate what I want to say in Spanish to make it proper spoken communication.
Psychology is an iffy area. And Sociology was unbearably horrible (it takes all the stuff you would have generally expected already and makes it into a “class”—ugh). Anthropology was also a so-so area, because it’s overly technical about something I don’t really care about.
And I’ve always been excellent in my Mathematics classes, but it doesn’t interest me at all. Though, really, I don’t get low grades. Not low by general standards, anyway.
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My favorite subject is easily English. Reading and writing is what I love to do. 
My second favorite is History, World or American. I have always been intrested in the events of the past, and so that's why I get an easy A in it.
My hated subject is Math. I was never intrested nor good in algebra or geometry and never will. You are very unlikely to be doing this in your everyday life. The teachers that couldn't teach me it well enough were part of the problem too. I hate Math.
My second favorite is History, World or American. I have always been intrested in the events of the past, and so that's why I get an easy A in it.
My hated subject is Math. I was never intrested nor good in algebra or geometry and never will. You are very unlikely to be doing this in your everyday life. The teachers that couldn't teach me it well enough were part of the problem too. I hate Math.
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History was always my favorite subject in high school. The teacher must have missed his true calling as a stand-up comedian. He knew how to make complicated historic issues understandable to us. That made history come to life, and I have always been interested in it since.
'Philosophy'. Not really the name of the subject, but it's hard to translate. It covered all kinds of religions (Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism) and philosophers, and it also dealt with issues like ethics, morality etc. Most of my schoolmates thought it was too hard and boring.
German, just because of the teacher, who was so cool. Sometimes, he would just come in and talk about what he had done with his family all week for 50 minutes and then class would be over. He was really funny and relaxed, and he still got the best results out of us.
'Philosophy'. Not really the name of the subject, but it's hard to translate. It covered all kinds of religions (Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism) and philosophers, and it also dealt with issues like ethics, morality etc. Most of my schoolmates thought it was too hard and boring.
German, just because of the teacher, who was so cool. Sometimes, he would just come in and talk about what he had done with his family all week for 50 minutes and then class would be over. He was really funny and relaxed, and he still got the best results out of us.
Mine were the following...
Spanish: I confess that at first I didn't care much for this subject until I went to high school. That's when I was introduced to some great stories, including my all time favorite Don Quijote. It was the one class that inspired me to read more stories as well as write my own. It helped that I had some great teachers that motivated me to move forward.
English: This was the one subject I've always dominated, even in elementary school. Like spanish I was fascinated by some of the stories I read and inspired me to pursue a career in english teaching and learn more about it.
Art: I may not be the best artist ever but art has always fascinated me, and if I had the skills I would pursue character design since that's the one area I enjoy the most.
Social studios and psychology: This is something I learned to appreciate in college. Even though my first major was in computer science I had to take some social classes as requirements. At first I didn't care much for it but then the professor was so charismatic and so full of knowledge that it inspired me to learn more about society and psychology, which then convinced me to continue with teaching since those topics are so close together.
Spanish: I confess that at first I didn't care much for this subject until I went to high school. That's when I was introduced to some great stories, including my all time favorite Don Quijote. It was the one class that inspired me to read more stories as well as write my own. It helped that I had some great teachers that motivated me to move forward.
English: This was the one subject I've always dominated, even in elementary school. Like spanish I was fascinated by some of the stories I read and inspired me to pursue a career in english teaching and learn more about it.
Art: I may not be the best artist ever but art has always fascinated me, and if I had the skills I would pursue character design since that's the one area I enjoy the most.
Social studios and psychology: This is something I learned to appreciate in college. Even though my first major was in computer science I had to take some social classes as requirements. At first I didn't care much for it but then the professor was so charismatic and so full of knowledge that it inspired me to learn more about society and psychology, which then convinced me to continue with teaching since those topics are so close together.
