What was Your Favorite/Worst Subject in School? (EDITED)

[MomH]

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I have never been a pushy mom when it comes to school work. Just ask her to try her best. But have seen she is starting to get frustrated a little by the math and would like to give her a boost now rather then later before she feels so over her head she gives up. I'm holding off on the tutoring for now... I don't want her to feel 'pushed' as she gets enough of that at school. But it is an option in the future if home help doesn't smooth things over.


Go to the nearest library and get a book on practice tests for SAT, ASFAB, or something similar. Have your daughter take the math portion. Answeres are in the back. You will be able to tell where she might be having problems. My daughter hated Math until we finally realized she hadn't understood or been taught fractions and how to manipulate them properly. Once her Daddy taught her -- she did fine.

I have also noticed a lot of students have trouble with multiplication tables now days. In my day, we memorized to 12 but most schools today only require to 10. It always amazed my students when I proved to them they really only had to memorize 21 sets of numbers if they could count by ones, twos, fives and ten and less than that once I taught them the nines
trick.

[sunny]

History was my favorite!

Science was my worst. HATED dissecting that frog.

[Skywatch_NC]

Math and P.E. were the ones I hated most...typing class didn't go well either.

Other subjects I really enjoyed though!!

Eric

[Kelarie]

I was that geeky kid in class that every one hated. I liked it all. Especially the science classes, guess that is how I ended up in a science field now. Had mostly honors or advanced with honors classes in high school. Oh those fine days of geekdom....

[weathermom]

English Lit. By far the best. The only thing I was ever assigned to read that I didn't enjoy was The Brothers Karamazov.

Worst? Algebra, hated it every time I took it! Can't say math overall though, loved geometry.

[Kim_in_MN]

Once her Daddy taught her -- she did fine.

Sounds familiar - my 6th grade son was having some problems with math the last year - seems like we would work and work on it; and then suddenly the light bulb in his head would go on and he "got it".

Son is going into 7th grade in the fall - I have also heard that 7th is a hard year. I am not looking forward to the homework next year LOL.

What I have noticed is that in 6th grade he was doing what we probably did in 7th or 8th grade as far as pre-algebra, etc. Now, in high school I was in all of the upper level math and science classes (NOT by choice - principal forced me to take them), but at this rate he is going to be totally past what this old brain can remember in a year or two. And when he hits geometry, forget it. I never did understand that! (thank goodness my geometry and trig teachers gave me credit for trying or I would STILL be in high school!).

Kim

[TexasStooge]

Favorites: Math, Science, P.E., and Various computer classes.

Worst: Health (because they give me a tough disease to report on suchas temporal mandibular syndrome.)

[Stephanie]

I always liked history/social studies.

[Pebbles]

Once her Daddy taught her -- she did fine.

What I have noticed is that in 6th grade he was doing what we probably did in 7th or 8th grade as far as pre-algebra, etc. Now, in high school I was in all of the upper level math and science classes (NOT by choice - principal forced me to take them), but at this rate he is going to be totally past what this old brain can remember in a year or two. And when he hits geometry, forget it. I never did understand that! (thank goodness my geometry and trig teachers gave me credit for trying or I would STILL be in high school!).

Kim

Yes!! The 8th grade stuff we are going over is stuff I had in honors geometry as a sophomore in HS! They are definitely going over things a couple years earlier then we did as kids. And it is bad to have to go look up stuff to help your kid because you forgot it from lack of use.

Go to the nearest library and get a book on practice tests for SAT, ASFAB, or something similar. Have your daughter take the math portion. Answeres are in the back. You will be able to tell where she might be having problems. My daughter hated Math until we finally realized she hadn't understood or been taught fractions and how to manipulate them properly. Once her Daddy taught her -- she did fine.

Great idea! I bet there are tests like that on the internet too. Thanks for the idea

[MomH]

Ok - another word of advice from a mother and grandmother who has been there at least four times and has had some experience in educational settings.

If your child is going into Jr. High (whatever grades that is in your area) now is the time to check and see what requirements are for High School graduation. A friendly math teacher clued me in for our school district. In my daughters school system, an high school graduate was required to have two years of Math, period. If my daughters had taken Algebra I and II in 7th and 8th grades, they would have been required to take a higher Math (Geometry, Trig, Calculus) in the 9th thru 12th grades. They hated Math and were not planning on careers in a Science or Technology field so we held off on the Algebras. We also scheduled them for the 2nd semester 10 grade thru 1st semester 12th grade so the math was fresh in their heads at SAT time.

I also refused to answer the questionare the Jr. High school sent out asking what my child wanted to do as a career. At that age, they do not need to be focusing on career paths but, on a variety of good general education courses which will allow them to make informed decisions later.

Does anyone else remember when we made up our minds during the first two years of college what our future might hold? About 6years ago I was in a college Physics class. The instructor told us that in ten years, 75% of us would not be working in the career field we had currently chosen and that more than half of us would be working in jobs that were not currently defined. Example -- whoever heard of a Horticultural Therapist ten years ago let alone CAD designers, etc.

Ok -- I have vented enough this morning. No -- I have one more thing to say. Someday the US is going to wake to to the fact that -- we owe our children the right to a good, free education, we do not owe them the right to have it force fed. Parents and grandparents have to step up and play a larger part in any child's education -- don't leave it all to the teachers. Most teachers are already handling between 45 and 180 students and they have lives also.

[JenBayles]

Ok -- I have vented enough this morning. No -- I have one more thing to say. Someday the US is going to wake to to the fact that -- we owe our children the right to a good, free education, we do not owe them the right to have it force fed. Parents and grandparents have to step up and play a larger part in any child's education -- don't leave it all to the teachers. Most teachers are already handling between 45 and 180 students and they have lives also.

[Pebbles]

I also refused to answer the questionare the Jr. High school sent out asking what my child wanted to do as a career. At that age, they do not need to be focusing on career paths but, on a variety of good general education courses which will allow them to make informed decisions later.

Ok -- I have vented enough this morning. No -- I have one more thing to say. Someday the US is going to wake to to the fact that -- we owe our children the right to a good, free education, we do not owe them the right to have it force fed. Parents and grandparents have to step up and play a larger part in any child's education -- don't leave it all to the teachers. Most teachers are already handling between 45 and 180 students and they have lives also.

I AGREE! Too many parents are NOT involved enough. There is the rare exception where the parent is waaaay too involved though, so keep that in mind too. (meaning they live their child's life for them instead of allowing them to develop). There is a happy medium that is unfortunately lacking too often. *sighs*

This is highly seen in a large city like Chicago Where I understand allot of the schools need improving, a large part also has to do with many parents lacking involvement in their child education. The funny thing is some of the worst schools are here... and some of the very best! We are not moving to the suburbs because of lack of schooling options available. So that has to say something for the situation.

I also agree with not picking a career now *rolls eyes* heck they are kids..let em be kids! General education or college prep type courses are usually the best for most. Only exception to this is high schoolers who know for sure they are NOT going to college and the school offers some type of career path program.

[SouthernWx]

Up to the 9th grade...

Favorite subject: science & social studies/ geography

Least fav/ worst subject: language arts (adverb, adjective, linkable verb, preposition (Perry, please diagram this sentence

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In high school:

Favs: science, science, science (duh!)

Worst: no doubt: MATH (k=, x=, pi=3.14...huh?


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Perry