Was all the stuff, we learned in school that we knew we wouldn't ever use, worth it?

I actually did end up needing algebra. The problem is the subject was so disinteresting I blanked out at school. It came back slowly to the extent I could at least use basic.

And that's that. I never got past basic, didn't give a hoot.
 

I especially hated those algebra problems where two trains left the station and . . . . And the ones about how you have 247 coins which together total $4.12, how many coins of each denomination do you have. I always thought "wouldn't it be much easier to just look at the coins?"

I used a good bit of math in the bit of bookkeeping I did at jobs, but NOBODY ever asked me how many coins of what denomination added up to $4.12.
 
I never used algebra in real life either but geometry has come in handy from time to time.
I would have liked being taught basic checking account management and household money management skills.
I wonder if there's a high school psychology course dealing with how to know who's the right person to go out with and what are some good things to do on a date?
 
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There’s no answer what class you might need later in life. Although I didn’t appreciate all subjects, even a minuscule bit of knowledge in that subject can be helpful. Ever felt like an idiot because you didn’t know the basics of a conversation?
 
OK, I went to Kowloon Junior School and King George V School in Hong Kong for the first 9 years of my education, and besides never using algebra, I never needed to handle pounds, shillings, pence, ha'pennies, florins or half crowns either....however I'm very grateful for the world geography and world history they taught us . The focus on British history was OK too, my American-ness notwithstanding, insofar as I'm a Yank of British ancestry, hence it was also my history .
 
RadishRose said:
Lol, Gary, a boy w/ the initials T.C did the exact same thing to me in the 6th grade. And I did the same thing your classmate did. (I was kidding about him being you)
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Ah....there was more than one of us.
'Cept I was a freshman. or 'ninth grader', as we called ourselves
 
I did successfully make a shoehorn in Metalwork but that was a miracle as i have no Skills in that area at all.And have never needed that knowledge since.And i was so bad at Physics i was unclassified at ‘O ‘ level.Worse than an ‘F’ that.Never affected my life
And today you don’t even need to be able to do basic maths because machines will do that for you...and i taught Maths in Primary School.And autocorrect will check your spelling...Why was i taught/did i teach how to spell?
Okay i’m being a bit silly now .....😅
 
It works for me when playing Trivia Games. I can't believe all the useless stuff that pops into my head to answer questions!
 
Did use a lot of the numbers stuff, just seemed so interesting. Problem solving...lol still using that one. OK, I have to admit that back then
I did not see much use for most of it. Biggest benefit from several teachers/instructors was problem solving, using your imagination to using new ways to solve things.
Nicest thing I can say has to be that how we were taught to think, not many of the subjects used to get us there.
 
I really have to wonder how necessary it really was in my life to have memorized all those early American explorers (Magellan, De Soto, Balboa, Cabot, Cortez, etc.).
One in a blue moon they come in handy when doing a crossword puzzle; that's about all.
 

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