Favorite/least favorite units in school

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Tymaporer · #1 Post by **Tymaporer** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:14 pm

What is/was your favorite unit(s) in school? How about your least favorite?

I don't know if it was my all-time favorite, but I really liked doing bridge things in woodshop in seventh grade. (You know, the one where you see whose bridge can hold the most sand?)

My least favorite unit was probably the times we did electricity and magnetism, because that stuff kind of freaks me out, and I get these really uncomfortable shivers. I also didn't like when we had to do proofs in geometry.

charlixsparkles · #2 Post by **charlixsparkles** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:16 pm

Unit?

Well judging from what you're describing us Brits call them "Topics"... now I think about it "unit" is sometimes used... but not often...

I quite enjoyed learning about Brazil in Humanities (the geog bit of course) especially when it came to writing the assessment... teehee... but then we learnt about Britain in 1750-1800 (I think) and I actually found that interesting and when it came to the assessment I really enjoyed putting myself in the shoes of a slave.

loser · #3 Post by **loser** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:40 pm

Chemical Reactions in 8th grade science:

We got to eat ice cream and talk about how it was a chemical and phycial change.

And any unit about Greek/Roman mythogoly.

Mongrel · #4 Post by **Mongrel** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:29 pm

The Greek unit in seventh grade. We got to wear togas(well, I think they were chitons, but same difference, clothing made of bedsheets) every day and were served grape juice a couple times.
More recently, we were discussing perception in Psychology, and the teacher was using optical illusions to demonstrate principles of visual perception like figure-ground and stuff. It's weird, but it's fun to try to explain to someone how to see something.
My biggest letdown was Drama 1 in ninth grade. You always think it's going to be fun, but then the teacher turns out to hate students or has a grudge or whatever.

Bangel · #5 Post by **Bangel** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:30 am

The Shakespeare unit in seventh grade... one of the most beneficial things I've ever done in my entire life. Without it, I would have never met most of my very good friends, and would have spent my entire summer by myself near a computer. Silly how life works sometimes.

Skynetmain · #6 Post by **Skynetmain** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:42 am

Favorite: Anything involving quantum mechanics

Least Favorite: Anything involving quantum mechanics

Will take again and again because it is insanely fun: Anything involving quantum mechanics

Did anyone not see this answer coming from me?

Zero! · #7 Post by **Zero!** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:12 am

Least favorite: Anything that required me working with a group of strangers/people I hate. I am not good with people I don't know. It's not that I say mean things, it's that I tend not to talk at all

Favorite: Hm... not sure. Anything that required me being artistic and pwning my classmates with me 1337 p0w3rz.

Sugarinii · #8 Post by **Sugarinii** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:37 am

My favorites things/units in classes are...

Anything where we get to debate
European History
Poetry/Short Story Writing
When we do desserts in cooking class (Making apple strudel on Thursday, whoo!)
Field or floor hockey/tennis/wrestling

Ellaie · #9 Post by **Ellaie** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:11 am

Favorites: Partial fraction decomposition last year in Pre-Calc (If it has to do with algebra and long, slightly drawn out problems, chances are I'll like it) and organic chemistry in Chemistry.

Least Favorite: Something in ancient Global History. Probably the unit on Mesopotamia because I knew the information about it already.

Tharkun · #10 Post by **Tharkun** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:17 am

My favorite was gesture-sketching in art in eighth grade.

My least favorite was music class in third and fourth grade, and I'm sure a lot of my classmates would say the same. At least we kept duping the teacher when she proved totally clueless - once we tricked her into thinking that the Jews had a version of Santa Claus named Hanukkah Sam. And then it was posted on the wall where the parents got to see.

stinkyllama · #11 Post by **stinkyllama** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:01 am

Favorites: Language courses (took Spanish and Korean), East Asian Studies, Neurobiology, Molecular Biology, Physics (general), Physiology, Animal Behavior, most of my psychology courses, Jewish History, Theatrical Film Symposium (awesome, awesome, awesome class taught by Leonard Maltin)...that's all I can remember at this particular moment

Least Favorite: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Kugetsu · #12 Post by **Kugetsu** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:50 am

Favourites: Psychology, Human Physiology, Sociology, Biology, Ceramics (they're classes, but all units in them were great), Old English unit in our British Literature Class.

Least Favourites: Any unit in any math class besides Geometry, and that's a lot. Group activites when I get stuck with people that don't do anything or won't even talk.

hikaru_dream · #13 Post by **hikaru_dream** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:14 am

Favorite: Mostly everything. Top on the list is science, P.E....etc.

Least favorite: Health and Social Studies........ sometimes
Just because the teacher who is teaching health (and Social Studies) right now mostly talks about things that have no connection to the lesson in any what way. And he says the same things over and over again...........

Igg · #14 Post by **Igg** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:34 pm

Favourites:

Making a corset in Art last year
Greek and Roman Epic
The Colour Purple

Least Favourites:

Anything maths based
Top Girls
William Blake

Anoohilator · #15 Post by **Anoohilator** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:14 pm

Favourites- anything maths, making totem poles in art, food tech.

Least- essays in english, writing about uses of ICT and blah, generally writing.