Post by MiLB Fan on Jan 4, 2014 20:32:43 GMT -5
Loved:
English. In elementary school we were grouped into different reading levels based on how good we were at it. In first grade we were allowed to pick names for our groups; being the best readers, the group I was in named ourselves after the biggest fad at the time, dubbing ourselves the Ninja Turtles Group. In sixth grade, every Friday was DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) Day. We had to do projects several times a year, and we could pick whatever book we wanted as long as it was at least 200 pages long. I always ordered books from the Troll Book Club and I would get super-excited when I walked into the classroom and saw the package from Troll on the teacher's desk. I loved that new-book smell.
Music, especially in junior high. The teacher decorated the classroom with all these posters of album covers. My favorite unit was learning guitar. Everyone would make a mad dash for the music room because some of the guitars were in better shape than others.
Psychology, which I took as an elective in twelfth grade. The human mind is pretty interesting.
Hated:
Gym class. Elementary school wasn't so bad, because we just played games like tag or capture the flag. Of course, everyone hated the dancing unit! But then junior high came and, ugh, I absolutely hated it. Unquestionably the worst part of the year was the three-week swimming unit. The pool was next door at the senior high, so we had to run over there, have class, then quickly dry off, get dressed, and run back hoping to make it to our next class on time. Teachers were understanding if we were a minute or two late, but still. I think we all enjoyed it a little more when the girls' class joined us in ninth grade!
Math. The funny thing is that up until fourth grade, I was in the high math group. Geometry absolutely killed me.
With other subjects, it depended on what was being taught. For example, in social studies I was really into American history but found stuff like Mesopotamia and ancient history pretty boring. In elementary school science class we did some neat stuff; I remember the teacher giving us a battery, a piece of wire, and a small light bulb and we had to figure out how to make the bulb light up. We had the DARE program in sixth grade. But high school chemistry? Oh f*** no. I dreaded that class.
English. In elementary school we were grouped into different reading levels based on how good we were at it. In first grade we were allowed to pick names for our groups; being the best readers, the group I was in named ourselves after the biggest fad at the time, dubbing ourselves the Ninja Turtles Group. In sixth grade, every Friday was DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) Day. We had to do projects several times a year, and we could pick whatever book we wanted as long as it was at least 200 pages long. I always ordered books from the Troll Book Club and I would get super-excited when I walked into the classroom and saw the package from Troll on the teacher's desk. I loved that new-book smell.
Music, especially in junior high. The teacher decorated the classroom with all these posters of album covers. My favorite unit was learning guitar. Everyone would make a mad dash for the music room because some of the guitars were in better shape than others.
Psychology, which I took as an elective in twelfth grade. The human mind is pretty interesting.
Hated:
Gym class. Elementary school wasn't so bad, because we just played games like tag or capture the flag. Of course, everyone hated the dancing unit! But then junior high came and, ugh, I absolutely hated it. Unquestionably the worst part of the year was the three-week swimming unit. The pool was next door at the senior high, so we had to run over there, have class, then quickly dry off, get dressed, and run back hoping to make it to our next class on time. Teachers were understanding if we were a minute or two late, but still. I think we all enjoyed it a little more when the girls' class joined us in ninth grade!
Math. The funny thing is that up until fourth grade, I was in the high math group. Geometry absolutely killed me.
With other subjects, it depended on what was being taught. For example, in social studies I was really into American history but found stuff like Mesopotamia and ancient history pretty boring. In elementary school science class we did some neat stuff; I remember the teacher giving us a battery, a piece of wire, and a small light bulb and we had to figure out how to make the bulb light up. We had the DARE program in sixth grade. But high school chemistry? Oh f*** no. I dreaded that class.