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Academic Poll
The post below made me think of this because I had to look up how to spell "complain."
I typed in "complane", "complaign", and "complagn" before accidentally getting it right.
My spelling is so bad that when I write on the board in class, I've had to invent something called "squiggle vowel" which just becomes a part of our class culture. You know how when you write in cursive (cursave?) you can just kind of make a squiggly line when you don't know if you should use an "i" "e" "a" or "o"? You can't fake it when you print, so my students know that squiggle vowel is a "choose your own adventure" letter.
So, my poll related to this will follow in my next post (for ease of quoting).
Re: Academic Poll
1. What is/was your best subject?
2. What is/was your worst subject?
3. What did you major in?
4. If you had all the free time/money in the world, would you go back to school?
5. If so, what subject would you study (remember you're rich, so this doesn't need to be practical)?
6. In general, do/did you like school?
1. What is/was your best subject? History/Humanities.
2. What is/was your worst subject? Math and Sciences! I HATED them. I still hate them and I'm terrible at both.
3. What did you major in? Elementary Education. Working on getting it finished up. Finally.
4. If you had all the free time/money in the world, would you go back to school? Well, I'm currently in school but if money and time weren't an issue, I would probably go on to get my Masters, for sure.
5. If so, what subject would you study (remember you're rich, so this doesn't need to be practical)? History. I would want to learn all there is to learn about history.
6. In general, do/did you like school? This semester I'm really loving it. In the past, not so much.
1. What is/was your best subject? History and languages
2. What is/was your worst subject? Probably math. I always did well enough to get good grades, but I never cared for it, and there is some stuff that just goes way over my head.
3. What did you major in? French
4. If you had all the free time/money in the world, would you go back to school? Absolutely! If I could I would be a student forever. I might go back to get a graduate degree one day, but I'm not sure what I would study.
5. If so, what subject would you study (remember you're rich, so this doesn't need to be practical)? History, more languages, International Relations or maybe Substance Abuse Studies.
6. In general, do/did you like school? I hated the social part of high school, but I enjoyed the academics and did really well. I also LOVED college, and I wish I would have taken full advantage of my scholarship and stayed in school longer to do a double major (although I don't really know what the second major would have been - maybe Spanish or history).
2. What is/was your worst subject? Probably history.
3. What did you major in? Math4. If you had all the free time/money in the world, would you go back to school? Maybe....I've just never really felt that urge to go back though.5. If so, what subject would you study (remember you're rich, so this doesn't need to be practical)? Sometimes I regret not going into the medical field so if I did go back I would probably start all over and go into nursing.
6. In general, do/did you like school? I loved HS. I had a lot of friends, knew what I was doing, and it was easy. The first half of college sucked for me. I still had friends (a lot of us from HS went to OSU together), but I had no idea what I was doing....I couldn't decide on a major, the financial aspect stressed me out, and I just wasn't doing very well. The second half went much better and I enjoyed it, but I think my overall experience is partly why I've never had the desire to go back.
1. What is/was your best subject? Englsih, Band
2. What is/was your worst subject? Math, History
3. What did you major in? Instrumental Music Education
4. If you had all the free time/money in the world, would you go back to school? I have gone back to school
5. If so, what subject would you study (remember you're rich, so this doesn't need to be practical)? I might check out other types of classes, like photography or culinary classes besides regular academia.
6. In general, do/did you like school? I liked my electives and English, mostly the literature. I was also a fairly talented writer and a fast read, so that class came quite easily for me. I enjoyed Debate quite a lot, and was even a state champion. Obviously I enjoyed my band class. Mostly I liked my electives because they got me out of school from time to time!
1. What is/was your best subject? English
2. What is/was your worst subject? Math--with the exception of geometry. For some reason, that course came naturally to me.
3. What did you major in? public relations/journalism
4. If you had all the free time/money in the world, would you go back to school? I am "back in school" working on my MEd. But, if I were independently wealthy and had the time, I would love to go back and study art history, law, or English lit
5. If so, what subject would you study (remember you're rich, so this doesn't need to be practical)? See above.
6. In general, do/did you like school? Yes. I dislike trying to work full time and attend school, however.
1. What is/was your best subject? Reading/English classes generally, unless I disliked that particular teacher. History I generally did well in too.
2. What is/was your worst subject? Math.
3. What did you major in? Journalism with an emphasis on Broadcasting and Electronic Media... not that you asked, but I also minored in History.
4. If you had all the free time/money in the world, would you go back to school? You bet! I would love to do that. I wish I had valued my education more than I did when I was in school.
5. If so, what subject would you study (remember you're rich, so this doesn't need to be practical)? I would probably get another bachelor's in something like archaeology. And I would probably try to get a degree of some kind in history.
6. In general, do/did you like school? I liked college, but before that it was a bear. In hindsight, I wish I had applied myself more and been more involved.
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1. What is/was your best subject? HS- English, College-Physics
2. What is/was your worst subject? Algebra and History
3. What did you major in? Sonography
4. If you had all the free time/money in the world, would you go back to school? I am in school now, and I cannot wait to be done. I'm never coming back!
5. If so, what subject would you study (remember you're rich, so this doesn't need to be practical)? see above
6. In general, do/did you like school? Overall, yes, but life is stressful for me as a student. Getting my pre-reqs, I was always a full time student and worker so that was really hard. Now I'm a full time student that can't work and contribute income and it's even more stressful.
1. What is/was your best subject? Math and Band
2. What is/was your worst subject? I was horrible at History
3. What did you major in? I'm majoring in Mathematics Education
4. If you had all the free time/money in the world, would you go back to school? I would quit my job and be a student full time. Ah, how nice that would be! I would probably finish my masters too.
5. If so, what subject would you study (remember you're rich, so this doesn't need to be practical)? I would probably finish my masters. I think it would be neat to get a degree in music education too, I always loved band.
6. In general, do/did you like school? I've always loved school. I didn't like the social part of high school at all, but I always loved the academic part of it. I don't like college quite as much (probably because it's harder lol) but I always find myself excited when a new semester starts.
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3. What did you major in? Undergrad - journalism, Law school
4. If you had all the free time/money in the world, would you go back to school? I think I'm done with school. Maybe a class here and there just for fun but no tests/grades!
5. If so, what subject would you study (remember you're rich, so this doesn't need to be practical)? Art, culinary arts, health
6. In general, do/did you like school? I liked it well enough. I work at a university, so I still get to experience college life somewhat - guest speakers, performances, exhibits. Just a lot more sober now.
I was actually pretty good in every subject. Typical honors nerd. I majored in international business, and got my MBA in information technology and international business.
It's funny this post came up, because over the weekend my mom made a comment to me about "going back to school and finishing up". I don't know what I have to finish, and a long time ago I thought about doing a PhD and I guess my mom feels like it's an unfinished project for me. Frankly, I would rather work and have money, than a million abbreviations behind my name, so my interest has obviously waned. If I did have all the money in the world, I would definitely consider applying for a PhD program (international relations) since I wouldn't have to worry about paying bills, being practical, etc. At the same time, I don't feel like I have unfinished business. Apparently my mom does.
And yes, I LOVED school. It's probably a good idea I don't work at a university anymore or else I'd get sucked into the whole academic thing and lose sight of the real world.
1. What is/was your best subject? English. Hands down.
2. What is/was your worst subject? Calculus. It was a miracle I passed that class.
3. What did you major in? Public relations - minor in marketing.
4. If you had all the free time/money in the world, would you go back to school? YES. I miss going to class.
5. If so, what subject would you study (remember you're rich, so this doesn't need to be practical)? I really want to get an MBA and master's in higher ed. I think there's a combo degree you can do.
6. In general, do/did you like school? LOVE school.
1. What is/was your best subject? Anything math and science.
2. What is/was your worst subject? English. Bleh.
3. What did you major in? Still working on my meteorology degree.
4. If you had all the free time/money in the world, would you go back to school? That would be a dream come true, so hell yeah I would!
5. If so, what subject would you study (remember you're rich, so this doesn't need to be practical)? I need to get that first one before I can think on the second.
6. In general, do/did you like school? I love school.
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2. What is/was your worst subject? history
3. What did you major in? I started out wanted to be a physical therapist, then realized that is a lot of science and I hate science so I decided on interior architecture. Halfway though that degree I realized I really didn't like that either, but by then it would have taken me another 4 years to get a bach. in something I wanted (art therapy), so I finished the interior arch. degree and went to grad school for human relations, focusing on counseling/art therapy, then got pregnant and realized I didn't want to work outside the home so I dropped the counseling/therapy part and just finished the hr degree
4. If you had all the free time/money in the world, would you go back to school? In a heartbeat.
5. If so, what subject would you study (remember you're rich, so this doesn't need to be practical)? I don't know. Probably something counseling or finance related. I'd like to help people, but I really like dealing with money too
6. In general, do/did you like school? not so much high school, or even undergrad, but I LOVED grad school.