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What was your favourite subject in school?
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One eyed Jack wrote: »It's a bit deja vu this thread
Yeah, physics and maths anyway, followed by business organisation and accountancy (I wanted to do economics too for the LC but it was in the same block as bus. org.)
I loved languages, but Irish was taught badly, it wasn't the teacher's fault, I was a natural gaeilgeoir anyway so I had it much easier than a lot of the class. I was good at other languages too and have a couple under my belt since. English actually, loved the plays, poetry and prose, devoured Shakespeare, and all the classics.
I loved history too but like I said in the other thread, difficulty with remembering dates, but reading about all the different periods, civilisations, societies and cultures was fascinating.
One Eyed Jack, that's a lovely post. I like to think this thread is a mature reflection about the subjects we studied.:D
When I did my leaving there was a course that combined physics and chemistry. I liked the physics part but my brain wasn't wired to comprehend the chemistry component.
I found languages easy too - not sure it was because of my ability, we had excellent language teachers. I couldn't read enough English literature. My sister is 18 months younger than me and I read all her English course work as well as my own. You can't beat the classics.
We had a native speaker who taught us Irish. Her passion made me appreciate the language and then grow to love it. But I can understand why some people hate the subject.
History was a joy to study. It was like reading an excellent novel.
I loved Latin because our teacher was very passionate about her subject. She wasn't a harsh teacher but she had very, very high standards. We all got A's in the Leaving and it was down to her.
And then there was maths.....one language I never understood and I really tried so hard to get my brain around maths, I did higher level in 5th year before copping on that I had no clue and did ordinary level in 6th year. I still was clueless.
Sorry for such a long post .... just memories really.
Just a nosy, curious question what languages did you learn since the LC?0 -
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One Eyed Jack, that's a lovely post. I like to think this thread is a mature reflection about the subjects we studied.:D
When I did my leaving there was a course that combined physics and chemistry. I liked the physics part but my brain wasn't wired to comprehend the chemistry component.
I found languages easy too - not sure it was because of my ability, we had excellent language teachers. I couldn't read enough English literature. My sister is 18 months younger than me and I read all her English course work as well as my own. You can't beat the classics.
We had a native speaker who taught us Irish. Her passion made me appreciate the language and then grow to love it. But I can understand why some people hate the subject.
History was a joy to study. It was like reading an excellent novel.
I loved Latin because our teacher was very passionate about her subject. She wasn't a harsh teacher but she had very, very high standards. We all got A's in the Leaving and it was down to her.
And then there was maths.....one language I never understood and I really tried so hard to get my brain around maths, I did higher level in 5th year before copping on that I had no clue and did ordinary level in 6th year. I still was clueless.
Sorry for such a long post .... just memories really.
Just a nosy, curious question what languages did you learn since the LC?
Cheers for that Aineoil
I was lucky too in that my mother was a primary school teacher (retired now) and as well as speaking Irish at home we were taught Latin, and then I learned Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, did French for the LC, learned Polish in the last couple of years and I keep meaning to get around to learning German at some stage
My mother actually wanted me to be a teacher, still does, always dropping hints lately about the Hibernian course in the UK, but it's just not for me
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One eyed Jack wrote: »Cheers for that Aineoil
I was lucky too in that my mother was a primary school teacher (retired now) and as well as speaking Irish at home we were taught Latin, and then I learned Italian, Chinese, Portuguese, did French for the LC, learned Polish in the last couple of years and I keep meaning to get around to learning German at some stage
My mother actually wanted me to be a teacher, still does, always dropping hints lately about the Hibernian course in the UK, but it's just not for me
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My favourite subjects were English and History, though I liked Biology a lot too. I ended up studying History and Classics in college and I loved it, I mean I'm qualified for absolutely nothing but it was interesting all the same.
I have to think of this song now:
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English definitely. Once I hit 3rd year it came pretty naturally. I loved reading and writing anyway so no study was involved
Closely followed by Chemistry. Breaking Bad inspired me to do it for the leaving ( I know, how dumb) and went on to study science in college. Always found it really easy too0 -
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