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epril · 09-30-2009, 02:10 AM

Creative Writing, followed closely by Chemistry

Iced Soul · 09-30-2009, 03:21 AM

American History, followed by Creative Writing.

untouchable · 09-30-2009, 08:38 AM

art--my teacher was a stoner so we could come and go whenever we wanted

millenniumman75 · 09-30-2009, 09:03 AM

Wow, I have had a ton of classes in my time.

Spanish, Music, Chemistry, Worldviews, Computer Science ones (various types).

leonardess · 09-30-2009, 09:08 AM

creative writing, California history and american history. I was never so lucky as to have an art class.

max4225 · 09-30-2009, 09:29 AM

Yoga. We had to pair up and do these hugging-stretching poses on the floor and the class was mostly women. Applied linear algebra, botany, geology, astronomy, and pickleball were kinda of fun too.

leonardess · 09-30-2009, 11:47 AM

^ pickleball? What the - ?

markx · 09-30-2009, 12:24 PM

^ I had that once - it got better after a course of antibiotics.

English with Mrs L - she looked like a young Carol Drinkwater. She was quite free-spirited and her wardrobe malfunctions had a big impact on an impressionable young mind.

max4225 · 09-30-2009, 12:48 PM

It's like indoor tennis only on a smaller court with a wiffle ball and wood paddles, you usually play it in paired teams.

pariahgirl · 09-30-2009, 01:55 PM

Probably genetics, our teacher liked to stand in front of girls he though was hot and flex very subtly. He also explained in one lecture the genetics of jessica alba for some reason. He was very funny is that oh he's so painful to watch kind of ways.

Jnmcda0 · 09-30-2009, 02:42 PM

History and geography in high school. In college, my favorite courses were probably the history of telecommunications and a philosophy course on existentialism.

Neptunus · 09-30-2009, 02:48 PM

Astronomy, Entomology (especially the lab, we went on real "field trips!"), Sculpting 101, & Oil Painting... I miss college.

glarmph · 09-30-2009, 04:14 PM

Art

MavenMI6Agent009 · 09-30-2009, 04:19 PM

Precalculus and Cal I

Peter Attis · 09-30-2009, 04:49 PM

Anything English.

English was always my strong suit... which is weird considering I'm and Engineering major.

TheDaffodil · 09-30-2009, 05:31 PM

My favorite class EVER!? I don't think I could pick just one! I've had some pretty amazing teachers....

1) Journalism: I took it for 3 years (sophomore-senior) and loved it. Our teacher was the most insane, short old man. Half the things he said didn't make sense. But he was very supportive of our ideas and efforts for the newspaper.
2) English 12 AP/GT: It was such a hard class and the teacher was tough but he was also hilarious. He spoke his mind ALL of the time...and he had lots to say.
3) World History Honors: Our teacher was British - just hearing another accent during the day was a plus. He was very much into technology and using it to our advantage at every opportunity. It was easy to stay connected to the class even while outside of it.
4) Art I: The teacher turned Wheel of Fortune on every class and after it was over he would play some Spanish radio station (he was learning Spanish because he wanted to take his girlfriend to Spain).
6) Computer Science I: Our teacher would rant about "the world today" and always referenced South Park in his argument, haha. He was so awkward, too, as was half the students, and I loved it.
7) Astronomy: I usually hate science courses but the teacher was so awesome. He told us stories about his life and we all ate during the class and shared our food with him. Plus, the astronomy picture of the day was always beautiful.

steelmyhead · 09-30-2009, 05:42 PM

I really enjoyed the oceanography class I took in college.

Toad Licker · 09-30-2009, 06:19 PM

Astronomy, I also enjoyed the Spanish class I took in highschool the teacher was quite the joker and made it really fun.

DuncanThaw · 10-05-2009, 09:51 PM

I have a few.

(I'm not very good at narrowing things down.)

ANTH 493 - Cross-Cultural Studies of Women
(This was maddeningly difficult socially, but the subject matter was compelling beyond words. In a perverse way, I loved the terror of having to write a several-page essay for each exam, within a 50-minute class period -- and having my essays used as an example of how the exam questions should be answered.)
GER 201/202 - Intermediate German I/II
(I've had very few more joyful moments, than giving a presentation entirely in German and blasting selections from Carmina Burana in the process. Unfortunately, my German is now horribly rusty.)
PHIL 211 - Honors Introduction to Logic
(This was taught by the most scatterbrained and Quine-obsessed professor I've ever encountered. I took this course during my first semester at college, and it really established for me a sense - whether this is a good or bad thing, I'm not sure - that I was going to college not to get a job to make more money, but to nourish myself as a thinking person.)
ENGL 222 - Survey of British Literature II
(I had a wonderful professor for this course, who also taught me basic elements of Anglo-Saxon on his own time the following summer. I also became good friends with a classmate, a very kind and talented poet.)
ART 121 - Drawing I
(Although my portfolio was lost/stolen/recycled for useable paper, I still have a lovely reminder of this course - a sketch-collage that I made of Hieronymus Bosch paintings.)

anonymid · 10-05-2009, 10:05 PM

It's hard to say. I took a course on James Joyce's Ulysses in my master's program that was quite a bit of fun.

There are an awful lot of courses that I wish I could go back and retake, though. Sometimes I wish I could do over my whole formal education and put more effort into it than I did. I don't feel like I've learned nearly as much as someone with my level of education ought to have learned. You only get out of your education what you put into it, and I don't think I ever put in nearly enough, even though I seemed to do well on the surface by getting good grades and such.

09-30-2009, 02:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
epril Status: sa challenger Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: arizona Gender: Female Age: 45 Posts: 2,654	what was your favorite class ever? Creative Writing, followed closely by Chemistry

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Iced Soul Status: Dancing on Rainbows Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Calilalaland Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 1,775	American History, followed by Creative Writing. __________________ I scraped my knees while I was praying And found a demon in my safest haven. Seems like, it's getting harder to believe in anything Than just to get lost in all my selfish thoughts. I wanna know what it'd be like To find perfection in my pride To see nothing in the light Just turn it off In all my spite, in all my spite, I'll turn it off. - Turn It Off - Paramore http://twitter.com/MissEerie

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millenniumman75 Status: Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dayton-Cincinnati, OH Gender: Male Age: 34 Posts: 38,655	Wow, I have had a ton of classes in my time. Spanish, Music, Chemistry, Worldviews, Computer Science ones (various types). __________________ millenniumman75 You are a success story waiting to happen! Live and let live VACUUMS more than a Hoover.... Live and HELP live is better!

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Neptunus Status: Authenticating Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: USA Gender: Female Posts: 2,840	Astronomy, Entomology (especially the lab, we went on real "field trips!"), Sculpting 101, & Oil Painting... I miss college. __________________ "When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing." ~Rabindranath Tagore "Being gentle means forgiving yourself when you mess up. We should learn from our mistakes, but we shouldn't beat the tar out of ourselves over them. The past is just that, past. Learn what went wrong and why. Make amends if you need to. Then drop it and move on." ---Sean Covey

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MavenMI6Agent009 Status: Cook Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: EL Crapo, Tx Gender: Male Posts: 13,646	Precalculus and Cal I __________________ "The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares." (Henri Nouwen) -------------------------------------------------------

09-30-2009, 08:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
untouchable Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Gender: Male Age: 17 Posts: 37	art--my teacher was a stoner so we could come and go whenever we wanted

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leonardess Status: wheresthefire?inmyeye! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: WILL you people please leave me alone?I'm supposed to be working lol Gender: Female Age: 45 Posts: 1,231	creative writing, California history and american history. I was never so lucky as to have an art class.

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max4225 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Great Basin Desert by lilac bushes Gender: Male Posts: 695	Yoga. We had to pair up and do these hugging-stretching poses on the floor and the class was mostly women. Applied linear algebra, botany, geology, astronomy, and pickleball were kinda of fun too.

09-30-2009, 11:47 AM	#7 (permalink)
leonardess Status: wheresthefire?inmyeye! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: WILL you people please leave me alone?I'm supposed to be working lol Gender: Female Age: 45 Posts: 1,231	^ pickleball? What the - ?

09-30-2009, 12:24 PM	#8 (permalink)
markx Status: Stir crazy Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: UK Gender: Male Age: 44 Posts: 674	^ I had that once - it got better after a course of antibiotics. English with Mrs L - she looked like a young Carol Drinkwater. She was quite free-spirited and her wardrobe malfunctions had a big impact on an impressionable young mind.

09-30-2009, 12:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
max4225 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Great Basin Desert by lilac bushes Gender: Male Posts: 695	It's like indoor tennis only on a smaller court with a wiffle ball and wood paddles, you usually play it in paired teams.

09-30-2009, 01:55 PM	#10 (permalink)
pariahgirl Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Gender: Female Posts: 402	Probably genetics, our teacher liked to stand in front of girls he though was hot and flex very subtly. He also explained in one lecture the genetics of jessica alba for some reason. He was very funny is that oh he's so painful to watch kind of ways.

09-30-2009, 02:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
Jnmcda0 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Florence, KY Posts: 2,103	History and geography in high school. In college, my favorite courses were probably the history of telecommunications and a philosophy course on existentialism.

09-30-2009, 04:14 PM	#13 (permalink)
glarmph Status: Hiding in my basement Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Gender: Male Age: 25 Posts: 243	Art

09-30-2009, 04:49 PM	#15 (permalink)
Peter Attis Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 134	Anything English. English was always my strong suit... which is weird considering I'm and Engineering major.

09-30-2009, 05:31 PM	#16 (permalink)
TheDaffodil Status: Antsy. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Maryland Gender: Female Age: 19 Posts: 1,166	My favorite class EVER!? I don't think I could pick just one! I've had some pretty amazing teachers.... 1) Journalism: I took it for 3 years (sophomore-senior) and loved it. Our teacher was the most insane, short old man. Half the things he said didn't make sense. But he was very supportive of our ideas and efforts for the newspaper. 2) English 12 AP/GT: It was such a hard class and the teacher was tough but he was also hilarious. He spoke his mind ALL of the time...and he had lots to say. 3) World History Honors: Our teacher was British - just hearing another accent during the day was a plus. He was very much into technology and using it to our advantage at every opportunity. It was easy to stay connected to the class even while outside of it. 4) Art I: The teacher turned Wheel of Fortune on every class and after it was over he would play some Spanish radio station (he was learning Spanish because he wanted to take his girlfriend to Spain). 6) Computer Science I: Our teacher would rant about "the world today" and always referenced South Park in his argument, haha. He was so awkward, too, as was half the students, and I loved it. 7) Astronomy: I usually hate science courses but the teacher was so awesome. He told us stories about his life and we all ate during the class and shared our food with him. Plus, the astronomy picture of the day was always beautiful. __________________ "Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt." - William Shakespeare NotForSaleCampaign.org \| StopTheTraffik.org \| SlaveryMap.org

09-30-2009, 05:42 PM	#17 (permalink)
steelmyhead Status: mostly harmless Join Date: May 2009 Location: California Gender: Male Posts: 635	I really enjoyed the oceanography class I took in college. __________________ The trick is to experience, not anticipate.

09-30-2009, 06:19 PM	#18 (permalink)
Toad Licker Status: Broken Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: A Fruitloop Daydream Gender: Male Age: 44 Posts: 29,630	Astronomy, I also enjoyed the Spanish class I took in highschool the teacher was quite the joker and made it really fun. __________________ All will wither, go to sleep The ones you love you may not keep All you touch will fall apart The dreams you kill will break your heart There's no mercy, there's no rest The void will scream within your chest No one knows and no one will So leave this place that makes you Ill - Madder Mortem

10-05-2009, 09:51 PM	#19 (permalink)
DuncanThaw Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Gender: Female Age: 28 Posts: 168	I have a few. (I'm not very good at narrowing things down.) ANTH 493 - Cross-Cultural Studies of Women (This was maddeningly difficult socially, but the subject matter was compelling beyond words. In a perverse way, I loved the terror of having to write a several-page essay for each exam, within a 50-minute class period -- and having my essays used as an example of how the exam questions should be answered.) GER 201/202 - Intermediate German I/II (I've had very few more joyful moments, than giving a presentation entirely in German and blasting selections from Carmina Burana in the process. Unfortunately, my German is now horribly rusty.) PHIL 211 - Honors Introduction to Logic (This was taught by the most scatterbrained and Quine-obsessed professor I've ever encountered. I took this course during my first semester at college, and it really established for me a sense - whether this is a good or bad thing, I'm not sure - that I was going to college not to get a job to make more money, but to nourish myself as a thinking person.) ENGL 222 - Survey of British Literature II (I had a wonderful professor for this course, who also taught me basic elements of Anglo-Saxon on his own time the following summer. I also became good friends with a classmate, a very kind and talented poet.) ART 121 - Drawing I (Although my portfolio was lost/stolen/recycled for useable paper, I still have a lovely reminder of this course - a sketch-collage that I made of Hieronymus Bosch paintings.) __________________ "'Twas grief enough to think mankind All hollow, servile, insincere; But worse to trust to my own mind And find the same corruption there." -- Emily Brontë (1837)

10-05-2009, 10:05 PM	#20 (permalink)
anonymid Status: gulping for shape Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland Gender: Male Age: 30 Posts: 2,077	It's hard to say. I took a course on James Joyce's Ulysses in my master's program that was quite a bit of fun. There are an awful lot of courses that I wish I could go back and retake, though. Sometimes I wish I could do over my whole formal education and put more effort into it than I did. I don't feel like I've learned nearly as much as someone with my level of education ought to have learned. You only get out of your education what you put into it, and I don't think I ever put in nearly enough, even though I seemed to do well on the surface by getting good grades and such. __________________ "He who has not the courage to suffer either death or life, who will neither resist nor flee, what can we do with him?" - Montaigne