O/T School Subjects

[Q165]

Never any good at maths. When I went to grammar school we did the Midlands Mathematical Experiment. It was all very new stuff and my dad, who was good at maths, was stumped by much of it. I worked my nuts off in the last couple of years as maths O level was essential. To my joy I scraped in with a grade 6. Loved history, geography, technical drawing and later geology. Was OK with English language and literature. Woodwork and metalwork were bearable but I was crap at them. Physics just about understandable but chemistry leaved me totally bamboozled. PE and sport !!!!

[9goals2hattricks3pen]

Never understood people who boast about being bad at maths as if it's something to be proud of. Some kind of defence mechanism I suppose.

[mickd1961]

Never understood people who boast about being bad at maths as if it's something to be proud of. Some kind of defence mechanism I suppose.

Is anyone actually boasting about being bad at maths?

My dad was brilliant at maths and he could never understand why I struggled with it so much.

I’ve never needed all the mumbo jumbo type of maths but with being in business I’ve learned to become very good at percentages and I do most of my maths in my head without a calculator.

I guess the “making money” aspect is what improved my maths, I had an incentive.

My best subject at school was standing at the bottom of the stairs that lead to the girls PE changing rooms.

Short PE skirts and tight knickers coming down the stairs were always a treat and the occasional glimpse of muff if the door was open as they walked from the showers was always a bonus 😏👀

[9goals2hattricks3pen]

Is anyone actually boasting about being bad at maths?

My dad was brilliant at maths and he could never understand why I struggled with it so much.

I’ve never needed all the mumbo jumbo type of maths but with being in business I’ve learned to become very good at percentages and I do most of my maths in my head without a calculator.

I guess the “making money” aspect is what improved my maths, I had an incentive.

My best subject at school was standing at the bottom of the stairs that lead to the girls PE changing rooms.

Short PE skirts and tight knickers coming down the stairs were always a treat and the occasional glimpse of muff if the door was open as they walked from the showers was always a bonus ����

I hear lots of people who are quite 'noisy' about how bad they are at Maths as if it's something to shout about. Same with spelling.

Always fascinated by the difference in Mark Up, NP and GP and how you could make 100% unless you got it for nothing.

Miss Greenway in a mini skirt walking up the open stairs of E Block Churchfields was always guaranteed to attract a crowd. And she knew it. Be in her 80's now.

[mickd1961]

I hear lots of people who are quite 'noisy' about how bad they are at Maths as if it's something to shout about. Same with spelling.

Always fascinated by the difference in Mark Up, NP and GP and how you could make 100% unless you got it for nothing.

Miss Greenway in a mini skirt walking up the open stairs of E Block Churchfields was always guaranteed to attract a crowd. And she knew it. Be in her 80's now.

We had a Mrs Chick with massive t I t s and a Mrs Plank who encouraged a w...!

Most of the female teachers had three days stubble and a Brillo pad for a m in g e judging by what was on show under the desk if their kegs were apart.

Old Mrs Tattersall had a mi n g e like an exploded mattress and a mole in amongst her stubble that had a hair like a car arial sticking out of it.

[kettering_baggie]

We had a Mrs Chick with massive t I t s and a Mrs Plank who encouraged a w...!

Most of the female teachers had three days stubble and a Brillo pad for a m in g e judging by what was on show under the desk if their kegs were apart.

Old Mrs Tattersall had a mi n g e like an exploded mattress and a mole in amongst her stubble that had a hair like a car arial sticking out of it.

Far, far, too much detail, Mick, don’t destroy our good memories........!

[Leicesterbaggie]

As a retired teacher, albeit physical education, I always thought that too much emphasis was given to maths on the curriculum. Let's face it, except for a very small percentage of the population, individuals will rarely use algebra, geometry or trigonometry in their daily lives, even less so in their daily lives. Most of us will only use basic mechanical arithmetic. I may be biassed but far more emphasis should put on the physical well being of youngsters as in today's society they get less exercise than we did when we were at school and that PE is given far less time on the curriculum than it used to. A big mistake.

[9goals2hattricks3pen]

As a retired teacher, albeit physical education, I always thought that too much emphasis was given to maths on the curriculum. Let's face it, except for a very small percentage of the population, individuals will rarely use algebra, geometry or trigonometry in their daily lives, even less so in their daily lives. Most of us will only use basic mechanical arithmetic. I may be biassed but far more emphasis should put on the physical well being of youngsters as in today's society they get less exercise than we did when we were at school and that PE is given far less time on the curriculum than it used to. A big mistake.

I agree although I have heard many a horror story of confusion between square metres and cubic metres resulting in some comic over ordering of materials.

I think there should be a lot more emphasis on how mortgages, APR's and pensions work (or life as I like to call it) rather than all the stuff you have mentioned unless that's the way you want to go. Teachers can recognise at junior school who will benefit from an academic education and those whose skills in other areas should be celebrated and nurtured.

My mate's lad is useless at maths. He had certainly been written off at school. When he was a younger he did a bit of labouring for me and I had a few chats with him. He just couldn't grasp adding even 10% to an item.

Ten years later he's got his own business buying and selling tools. He's got a cheeky chappy barrow boy sort of attitude I and lots of others can't help taking to. Owns his own place and drives a sporty little brand new Audi. He still probably doesn't know his margins but he does know how to make a few bob.

[soulman101]

I enjoyed PE , but got out of cricket and was allowed to run instead, Maths, Technical Drawing, Science , metalwork, but wished I had chose woodwork loved all of these subjects because I found them easy.
Hated English, this was down to a poor teacher , so to wind her up I turned every essay into football related or Black Country.
She used to say you don't spell or say like that, I used to reply Black country is my ist language English is my 2nd.
I can see her now corrected my bad spelling after my strokes, with that red pen.
Didn't like History with regards the Royal Family, if I had a disc clean up on my brain I would wipe a lot of this crap.
I mean Battle of Hasting can't remember anything about it apart from 1066.
Why wasn't we taught about the World Wars, our Dads wouldn't talk about it if the was there and seen any action.
May be then I could of understood my Dads nightmares or going into his shell.
Nowadays we know it has Post Dramatic Stress.

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Who used to wallpaper their exercise books?