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	What is the most useless school subject you've ever taken? By ChillWinterheart Asked Jan 23 2007 10:44PM	16 Pts Rate Question

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by EL1 2 on Feb 4, 2007 at 7:37 pm Permalink

I regularly apply stuff that I've learned in all my school subjects such as history, English, math, Spanish, science, etc.

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by RFlagg on Feb 4, 2007 at 7:41 pm Permalink

I'm homeschooled, so I get to do work on pretty much whatever I want to, which has led me to do some pretty useless stuff, just because it caught my fancy at the time.

But I think the topper is the time I spent studying a very thick coursebook on "The History Of Belgian Painting"
Very entertaining, but completely useless.

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by Super_Samoan on Jan 23, 2007 at 10:49 pm Permalink

To me, there is no such thing as a useless subject. it is there for a reason, and if they were useless then they would'nt be up there from the board of education. Learning is a good thing, I thirst for knowledge... to use the most out of my brain. Did you know that we only use 2% of our brains?

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Super_Samoan Feb, 04 2007 at 08:00 PM

Yea I think so too. It's up to the individual on how much of their brain they want to use.

science_geek has left the building Feb, 04 2007 at 08:37 PM

Actually we use all of our brain. 100% of it. Biological systems very quickly eliminate redundant cells to limit waste.

Super_Samoan Feb, 16 2009 at 06:39 PM

If we did use 100% of our Brain, then think of the things we would be able to do. Our technology would be way ahead. Aircrafts travelling at the speed of light, teleportation, etc.

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by Amorphous Blob blobs by not blobbing on Feb 14, 2009 at 6:27 am Permalink

Most of my college education (Computer Science, which is in the College of Engineering at the U of Illinois, and which therefore had some associated Engineering courses). I have never and will never design a circuit - I'm a software guy.

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by debsmooth on Jan 23, 2007 at 10:52 pm Permalink

Ornithology!

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RFlagg Feb, 04 2007 at 07:38 PM

That can come in more use than you would ever believe.

debsmooth Feb, 04 2007 at 08:08 PM

I'm a wiz at identifying various birds on two sides of the country and in the UK but I still have problems calculating sales tax. Seriously. Maybe with bird flu this will come in handy ;)

RFlagg Feb, 04 2007 at 08:11 PM

Well, if Alfred Hitchcock ever takes over the world, you'll be the person to call.

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by ToneDeafLlama on Jan 23, 2007 at 10:51 pm Permalink

planning. do we really need teachers to teach us how to live out our lives after high school?

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by leeks5229 on Apr 14, 2009 at 10:06 am Permalink

I would think every subject I have taken in school is useful. However I could consider "Art" as the less useful of all.

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by anddeb on Feb 14, 2009 at 6:30 am Permalink

chemistry as I never used it anywhere throughout my entire life.

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by alderson on Feb 14, 2009 at 6:29 am Permalink

sewing

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by curiousgeorge on Feb 14, 2009 at 6:27 am Permalink

There is really none. They all have some importance.

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