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rsdsharp

(9,235 posts)
29. No we didn't complain about English! We weren't stupid.
Sun Feb 18, 2024, 03:33 PM
Feb 18

We proved that by all of us getting As.

Oh, you mean did anyone outside the class complain? No, because we didn’t tell anyone outside the class. Now we’re back to we weren’t stupid.

One Friday night, 20 years later, in a town 150 miles from where I grew up, I was walking from a parking lot toward a grocery store. A man came out of the store as I approached, and stood in my path. I moved to my right; he moved to his left. I moved backed to my left; He moved to his right. Finally, I stopped with a “What the hell?” look on my face. It was the Spanish teacher. When we talked, he told me about how my class had been one of the great ones he taught. Apparently, nobody overbid.

Math, particularly geometry. cloudbase Feb 18 #1
Geometry was good too as was Drafting. debm55 Feb 18 #3
Ditto math - of any kind, arkielib Feb 18 #58
Geometry for me too IbogaProject Feb 18 #66
Ditto on math but probably algebra 2 the best. lostnfound Feb 18 #67
Another vote for math, and particularly geometry WestMichRad Feb 19 #93
Geometry and Algebra 2 for me. TY WestMichRad. debm55 Feb 19 #97
Modern Dance snpsmom Feb 18 #2
TY snpsmom. Went to a large school were there tons of electives but not Modern Dance I took it my first year of debm55 Feb 18 #8
I liked Spanish. lpbk2713 Feb 18 #4
Thank you lpbk2713, I wonder if the teacher helped your class so special. debm55 Feb 18 #9
Drama Siwsan Feb 18 #5
Siwsan, Yes and good for you!!!! We had Drama and Creative Drama, but I was to backward to take. debm55 Feb 18 #12
History, particularly American History Sanity Claws Feb 18 #6
Thank you Sanity Claws. I had an excellent American History teacher and he taught us all sides of an issue. Loved him debm55 Feb 18 #14
Music Theory Onthefly Feb 18 #7
Thank you, Onthefly. Some classes are so darn interesting and fun. It sounds like you class was. debm55 Feb 18 #15
English/American literature 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 18 #10
Thank you 50 Shades of Blue. The love of those subjects brought you a great deal of entertainment and joy. debm55 Feb 18 #16
Probably German--most took Spanish, so limited class size and we all went by German names. hlthe2b Feb 18 #11
TY hlthe2b. It sounds like a perfect class to be having and enjoying. , I was in Spanish didn't like the teacher and debm55 Feb 18 #17
Spanish in high school. We played bridge, the whole period, everyday. rsdsharp Feb 18 #13
rsdsharp, thank you . Did anyone complain about English? How did you get graded? debm55 Feb 18 #18
No we didn't complain about English! We weren't stupid. rsdsharp Feb 18 #29
Honor's Biology. GreenWave Feb 18 #19
GreenWave.hahahahahahahahahaha I was promoted once in grade school. HATED it. There were two lay teachers in 5th grade debm55 Feb 18 #24
8th grade history gibraltar72 Feb 18 #20
Thank you gibraltar72 that must have been very hard on him to do. debm55 Feb 18 #27
high school history elective on the French Revolution DBoon Feb 18 #21
Wow, that sounds great DBoon, Were you in a consolidated HS (I was) were there were tons of electives or a city school. debm55 Feb 18 #28
catholic high school DBoon Feb 18 #46
TY DBoon. Wow very innovative school. debm55 Feb 18 #48
In high school, Mr.Bill Feb 18 #22
Thank you Mr.Bill, you had teachers of classes that cared. It has lead to lifelong interests and skills. debm55 Feb 18 #31
Choir Chipper Chat Feb 18 #23
Wonderful Chipper Chat! And it gave you a love of music too. I bet. debm55 Feb 18 #32
calculus, college algebra, and Latin Native Feb 18 #25
Wonderful, Native. Did you go into the science/Medical field? TY debm55 Feb 18 #33
ART .......& .......HISTORY IN SUMMER SCHOOL............. Stuart G Feb 18 #26
Thank you StuartG, I know you love cartoons, Did you ever think of going into that area? debm55 Feb 18 #39
English Glorfindel Feb 18 #30
TY Glorfindel, in our school it was called Literature. Then there were off shootsLiterature for Youth, Mythology, debm55 Feb 18 #35
Photography, Filmmaking, Film History. SeattleVet Feb 18 #34
Thank you for your terrific post. You must have had some terrific and talented teachers and subjects in your school. My debm55 Feb 18 #36
French and mythology. lark Feb 18 #37
TY lark. I took Spanish and mythology. I still like mythology and read it frequently. debm55 Feb 18 #41
Detention... MiHale Feb 18 #38
Didn't you school have Study Halls? I liked when I had at the end of the day so I could get all my work done. You are debm55 Feb 18 #40
American Government maccafan Feb 18 #42
Thank you maccafan, We had civics in 9th grade. I would have loved to take a class in American History. debm55 Feb 18 #43
Art and Literature classes for me. BluesRunTheGame Feb 18 #44
I loved Art and Geometry. Thank you BluesRun TheGame. debm55 Feb 18 #45
History and Senior Civics Bludogdem Feb 18 #47
TY, Bludogdem. Your class sounds wonderful. It seemed almost like it was on a college level. debm55 Feb 18 #72
Theatre arts, art, English Wicked Blue Feb 18 #49
Very good choices, Wicked Blue. debm55 Feb 18 #73
Physics with Mr Cunningham, different Mr. C Alpeduez21 Feb 18 #50
TY Glad you got it together. Alpeduez21 debm55 Feb 18 #74
Economics Turbineguy Feb 18 #51
TY Turbineguy, Did you make it a lifetime choice? debm55 Feb 18 #75
I became an engineer Turbineguy Feb 19 #95
Good for you. debm55 Feb 19 #98
Algebra 1 and 2. Lochloosa Feb 18 #52
Thank you Locloosa for the funny post. Mrs Watson seems like she was an excellent teacher. I disliked Algebra 1 , but debm55 Feb 18 #76
Civics (which was taught by my high school debate coach) LetMyPeopleVote Feb 18 #53
TY LetMy PeopleVote. I have to ask ---Did you become a Lawyer? Most of the students in my HS who took debate became debm55 Feb 18 #77
There were a ton of debaters in law school LetMyPeopleVote Feb 19 #82
Had Humanities (history) for three years and art LiberalFighter Feb 18 #54
Drama Mad_Dem_X Feb 18 #55
Freshman English. SarahD Feb 18 #56
Literature, taught by Mr. Bonniwell.. Permanut Feb 18 #57
Madrigal Consort! woodsprite Feb 18 #59
US History and German happybird Feb 18 #60
A tie between French and Spanish. Different Drummer Feb 18 #61
Thank you m Different Drummer, You took two languages? I am glade you had the teachers that cared about their students. debm55 Feb 19 #108
I took both, but in different years. Different Drummer Feb 19 #114
TY Different Drummer. You didn't have German? debm55 Feb 19 #118
Unfortunately, no. n/t Different Drummer Feb 19 #121
Math, German, and French k8conant Feb 18 #62
k8contant , TY for bringing up the subjects. They are not easy, You must have loved those subjects and had the right debm55 Feb 19 #109
In Jr High it was American History with World History in high school. sinkingfeeling Feb 18 #63
Thank you, sinkingfeeling. I loved teaching World History in Junior High. debm55 Feb 19 #110
Chorus and Madrigals, entry was by audition only. ms liberty Feb 18 #64
TY ms. liberty but you still have the memories as your post points out and the love of music. debm55 Feb 19 #111
Yes, and I practice and sing every day, just not professionally, lol! ms liberty Feb 19 #116
German. Aristus Feb 18 #65
Thank you, Aristus. Your post is heartwarming to read and your respect for the teacher touches my heart. Thank you so debm55 Feb 19 #113
Junior High Kentucky history in 7th grade and Civics in 8th grade. Both required in Kentucky yellowdogintexas Feb 18 #68
Ty so much for teachers making learning a life long memory of enrichment and knowledge. yellowdogintexas. your post is debm55 Feb 19 #115
History because those classes Luciferous Feb 18 #69
Ty Luciferous, They did. and they were more in tune with modern practices and the students they taught. debm55 Feb 19 #91
Creative Writing. Jeebo Feb 18 #70
I agree that her standards were way to high. Regardless of grade you enjoyed and kept your poems and writings. That says debm55 Feb 19 #90
Lunch marked50 Feb 18 #71
Not at our school. HAHAHAHAHHAHAH. Ty marked50 debm55 Feb 19 #89
I liked art and choir pretty much. Everything else sucked. Ocelot II Feb 18 #78
in high school I liked it because of the electives systems. But my favarites were Art , Geometry and Drafting. classes. debm55 Feb 19 #88
Band! Pinback Feb 18 #79
Always wanted to learn to play an instrument. When I was in the 6 th grade a government program was set up with free debm55 Feb 19 #87
French horn is a beautiful instrument. Pinback Feb 19 #103
Family made fun of me. They knew I was going for a flute and got the French Horn. debm55 Feb 19 #106
So sorry... Pinback Feb 19 #120
I did take something a few years ago, I always wanted to take tap dancing , My mother said no to tap, swimming classes, debm55 Feb 19 #122
In Jr. High, it was woodshop. Xolodno Feb 19 #80
I wanted to take wood shop, Female students were not permitted. I loved looking at the display they made of their debm55 Feb 19 #85
Favorite High School "Home Ec." this teacher was kind and wise. Tikki Feb 19 #81
Thank you , Tikki, I liked General Science in 9th however the teacher didn;t do one single experiment with us. debm55 Feb 19 #83
There were a few classes that I excelled at. Niagara Feb 19 #84
Very good list, Niagara. Don't cut yourself short on art. My teacher gave us a minimum amount of instructions and it was debm55 Feb 19 #86
Physics av8rdave Feb 19 #92
Mr. Santos' science classes jmowreader Feb 19 #94
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH, That is so funny but sadly so true. At the school I taught at a 6th grade teacher was hired to debm55 Feb 19 #99
That reminds me of my Odds and Probability teacher happybird Feb 19 #102
Honestly, I didn't have one. I *really* hated school. malthaussen Feb 19 #96
TY malthaussen great post. debm55 Feb 19 #100
Photography bif Feb 19 #101
I liked history. Chainfire Feb 19 #104
Ty for the post Chainfire. Mr. Marcus was self medicating. What he did and saw only he knows. But he made history come debm55 Feb 19 #107
Music, orchestra... IrishAfricanAmerican Feb 19 #105
Miss Riggle 7th grade English class. She Emile Feb 19 #112
My favorite dai13sy Feb 19 #117
TY dai13sy. It's nice to have teachers that care about teaching. debm55 Feb 19 #119
I liked metals. pansypoo53219 Feb 20 #123
Math and Physics GoodRaisin Feb 20 #124
HS: Art, History. JHS: Art, General Science... electric_blue68 Feb 20 #125
Mrs. Baker's history class. calimary Feb 20 #126
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