Most interesting school subject

[Sackanaka]

Sorry if this was already polled, but as a student I'm curious about the consensus. If it wasn't perhaps I'll create it as my first held poll?
My favorite classes in pseudo-ranking:
Philosophy (not introductory; ethics or god&persons)
Physiology
Immunology (I just started but I'm so excited to learn more! :D)
the first few chapters of Organic Chemistry (after that it got boring :/)
I like the sciences but I tend to do bad in them grade-wise; I really need to learn how to activate that J function :(.

[Edmond Zedo]

"We are but passing through history. This...This is history!"

[joft]

I don't like how when you start a new subject, the teacher and/or the book start off by presenting a bunch of really interesting crazy facts about it to get you interested. It's not very honest, it's like false advertising, after that first chapter and once I grasp the main concept(s) of it every class after that is just a bore.

Edit: Forgot to say what I do like. I like pretty much everything, but certain things I become uninterested in much faster, like biology. I find myself diving into the arts almost as much as sciences, but "soft" sciences seem to be able to hold my interest longer than anything else.

[cafe]

Hmmm. . .
I'm an NF, so I might not count. In high school I liked history. I didn't care a lot for english class, but I always read my lit book way ahead.

My first go-round at college, I liked pentateuch, and psych the best.

Second go-round, english, and strangely enough, algebra.

This last effort, I liked my Shakespeare classes best. Spanish was fun, too.

I'm slowly chipping away at my bachelor's. Not sure what it'll be it in.

Heather

[Sackanaka]

of course, the type (personality related!) of teacher plays a big role in what classes you find interesting or at least worth your attention. for me, i have been fortunate enough to have teachers who seem very INTPish. They not only go quickly through lecture but make it very clear and without straying too far into unnecessary detail, as well as maintaining a natural display of vigor for teaching the subject. And seeing that even on this forum, Philosophy and science takes up their own respective forums, you may guess why I like those classes so much :D
History is nice; I liked Asian world hist last semester. The teacher was a great lecturer, unlike the one I had for Modern Western world. That class sucked, at least to me. :/
Biology can be very boring if the teacher simply rambles on without enthusiasm or precision and accuracy of presented information. I hated my zoology class last semester even though I love to learn about animals, and that same professor is currently killing the subject of marine ecology for me :(.

[cafe]

I had a gen ed life sciences class. I forget the name, but it had something about the plant kingdom. I always thought of it as "plants for dummies."

There were some subjets the class covered that I was really interested in. What plants are used for, what they were used for in the past, poisonous plants, stuff like that. We spent the vast majority of the class studying about cell structure, and other things like it. I didn't mind learning about those kind of things but it was so slow and painful. I also hated that we rused through all the fun stuff at the end of the semester.

The prof seemed to be some kind of INT heavy on the I. Or he had some major social anxiety going on, probably both. It wasn't so much that the class was bad, but that it could have been so much better.

Heather

[mgb]

I loved chemistry in high school (so easy).

When I go to university I hated chemistry and maybe favorite courses ended up being senior level political philosophy classes.

[Shai Gar]

never had philosophy in my high schools, but i liked science, chemistry, english, religion and phys ed

[matthew0028]

Computer science classes (especially programming or theory related), and abstract math courses are my faves.

[athman]

i studied commerce and really liked the strategy subjects and the market research subjects, but i guess thats normal for intp types.

[bmw318tiChic]

I enjoy Physics and English.

[Zero Angel]

None really. Most classes were just passive memorizing, even classes such as Bio and Chem. Few required any unique problem solving which made them boring.

There was this one year when I took Industrial Arts, and got to do drafting for about a month. Now that part of the course was fun.

[Geoff]

I always loved Geography. Enjoy travel, and learning how and why the world and its populations are put together.

And then there is the chance of all those fieldtrips. How about.. a week in Iceland playing with geothermal landscapes :)

-Geoff

[QrioCT]

science rules. and every branch of philosophy(which includes science).

[L. Bartholomew]

i always liked music class. it was somethin of a challenge after the boredom of all the others. I would've enjoyed astronomy, but the teacher dumbed it down for me cause I was the youngest kid in the class. I enjoyed the subject of history, but never got any good teachers. Everything else was just easy.

[Dman]

Today I enjoy every subject. I find something fascinating about it all.

Back in school, however, (pre-college), I disliked most subjects, unless it had to do with reading or science. It had less to do with the subject matter and more to do with the format or method of teaching, however. I despised teachers who would make us learn something their particular way, regardless of if I could figure out the answers my own way. Makes more sense now!

I wish I could re-do math however. I enjoy it much more now, even though I did very well and was in advanced math in high school, I had horrible teachers who just killed the subject and turned off my interest at the time, so I never pursued advanced math in college (I think "Calculus for Business Majors" was my highest course. And it was surprisingly very interesting). Most of the math teachers were coaches for the sports teams.

[euterpenc]

I like english, and physics seems interesting. I enjoy math and I'm very good at it, I just take as few courses of it as possible because the homework is unnecessary and overwhelming. I usually get it first day of notes, then they give us a week of homework to "understand" it. Some people may be slower, I just prefer not to deal with hw load.

Out of school I liek psychology and philosophy, psych I can take next year in school :D

[Boneca]

Back in high school my favourite subject was Physical Education! :D

At university, it's kind of hard to say, because I only choose courses I think I'll like. Perhaps a course in Environmental Science was the most interesting though, because it contained stuff from many different fields.

[Arcael]

My favorites tended to be the Math/Science/History Classes. I haven't taken a Philosophy class so I wouldn't know.

Computer Science or Networking classes were the most fun though :)

[Psycherry]

I don't like how when you start a new subject, the teacher and/or the book start off by presenting a bunch of really interesting crazy facts about it to get you interested. It's not very honest, it's like false advertising...

My first Fluid Mechanics lecture the lecturer mentioned Cathedral glass flow. I was sceptical, because I had read otherwise. I took the paper I had read to him, and he hardly glanced at it. He said that maybe when I could look further into it as my 4th year or postgrad thesis. I honestly thought that I had left people like that back in school.

When I asked my 4th grade Science teacher why it was that a starfish can regenerate her answer was "because that's God's way." I didn't go toa religious school and she's a science teacher for goodness sake!

And then in high school my 9th grade science teacher drew a tube holding Hg with a concave menisicus. I corrected him by questioning it (the most polite way of telling someone they're wrong).

Sometimes I wish that I had gone to private school, or ex-model C(previously whites-only schools in SA) instead of public, ex-Indian school, because the people I know who went that route seem smarter, more open minded and motivated.

But I still love science, and no one will stop be form doing math in a BA degree *mwahahahahaha*

Breathe in... :blink:

[sbw]

I always tell people that I would have majored in economics, had I not dropped out of college after 1 semester. It still holds true.

Scott

[t]

i'm an environmental science major and i like my geology, physics, physical geography, and ecology classes best. i struggle in chemistry, though. i'm not sure why. biology's alright, but i never feel like i'm figuring anything out. i just feel like i'm memorizing a bunch of genus & species names and that doesn't hold my interest.

[mgb]

i'm an environmental science major and i like my geology, physics, physical geography, and ecology classes best. i struggle in chemistry, though. i'm not sure why. biology's alright, but i never feel like i'm figuring anything out. i just feel like i'm memorizing a bunch of genus & species names and that doesn't hold my interest.

I always hated that about bio, the lack of being able to have original thought. It's like they assume that bio is harder than every other subject on earth so you will have to have years and years of education before you can get to a place where you are able to think for yourself and draw your own conclusions.

[crule81]

European history, especially German History. When one nation of 60-80 million has done so much to directly and indirectly shape the history of the 20th century, it has to be interesting. And 19th century German History is even better than 20th century German History.

[Sackanaka]

I always hated that about bio, the lack of being able to have original thought. It's like they assume that bio is harder than every other subject on earth so you will have to have years and years of education before you can get to a place where you are able to think for yourself and draw your own conclusions.

Sometimes I feel like that, but then for some reason something clicks or clanks and then I get excited about stuff like
did you know that in flowers, (I forgot the proper terms) there are a few eggs, potentially able to mature, that die and leave one remaining to fully develop? That doesn't make much sense from a typical, purely evolutionary standpoint of outcompeting one another, for if those eggs that didn't die off didn't, that last one wouldn't fertilize as well. Kinda made me think about there being a "collective will" rather than just an individual will for prolonging life.
I really should specify the example for maximum oomph but yea, just pointing out that you can occasionally get insight on the roles of certain biological systems.

[Birdsnest]

Geology was absolutely the best. Loved it. English literature was enriching, Statistics was fun and worthwhile, economics not bad to know after the hard work. Biology 1 and 2, Photography is a blast, Woodshop is great, Clay and sculpting is great fun, Yoga, Archery (I really liked Archery), Anatomy. I ended up with an Accounting degree and Tax Accounting and Regular Accounting is my geekdom. But Geology was a subject I adored, what with plunging synclines and all. Also took a lot of computer classes, including Cobol 1 and 2, Dos, well all of the courses required for a 2 year degree in Computer info tech, except 2 of the math, and 2 of the programming like rpg. Close to degree in cit, but switched to accounting.

[Elro]

Physics rocked.

[jyakulis]

Currently nanostructures. Cause I can research whatever the hell I feel like and there isn't anything due except one theoretical paper at the end of the semester. Plus carbon nanotubes (my topic) just plain roxor. But more general physics with a side of history.

[Warrior413]

I hate chemistry with a passion. I don't mind math, the teacher is definitely an ENTP and a funny guy. I like history and english. Other subjects I have no real opinion on.