What was the subject you learnt at school that you never had to use in life?

I probably haven't explained that very well, hopefully there is a maths teacher looking in.

It's all been pretty useful to me, even logarithms. I worked in a planning office and we used logarithmic graph paper.
It's a shame that so many people went through the motions of maths without understanding why. It's still happening today.

Logs were used to perform large multiplication and division sums before the days of calculators.
Quadratic equations are equations with two solutions for one unknown. They involve splitting up the equation into two factors, either of which is equal to zero.

I swore blind that I would never need to use numbers/percentages but here I am doing accounts (and hating it).

Working in Electrical Engineering for almost 30 years I have probably used Physics more than I thought I ever would... yuk

Definitely haven't used Chemistry. Double yuk !

Most. maths and Latin. ..

Like many here I've never once used Trig or Logs since school. I do remember slogging over them but, strangely enough, enjoying them too. Such a waste really.

I have never needed to disect a frog or rat in my adult life

Binary, Algebra, Trigonometry and Logarithms. What a waste of my brain power, who the heck uses these in normal life and I worked in a bank and never ever used them. Best thing I ever did at school was to learn to touch type, a huge skill and never forgotten and can still bash out a good speed.

I think all of my education has been useful, even the more obscure subjects, like Art History. I was given a taste of everything and for me, that whets the appetite to learn more, or at least find out about things I don't grasp immediately.

The best teachers encourage curiosity, teach a student how to find out, which paths to go down and to enjoy a love of learning so being a quiet and studious girl (when at school - things have since changed! ) I had a thirst for knowledge.

For me, everything came in handy at some time, even logarithms, which taught me to use tables and double check I was in the right column, etc. Can't say I have ever used them in adult life though!

During weekly phone chats with our Michelle in Bournemouth last year; remember her?;. she was interested in Grannies' views on the prevalence of beige cardis in B'mouth and I duly reported some of the results.
Somehow she concluded that there must be a significant number of retired school teachers in Gransnet and I remember saying "Oh I don't think so. They all seem quite intelligent to me!" Was that a back-handed compliment or what?

I have never understood or therefore being able to use maths. Nor have I ever had the slightest use for the time we spent learning about the British coal mining industry, which was on its last legs when I was at school, but was still presented as if it was one of the main sources of British wealth.

I'm another person that has never had any use for trigonometry but I've been surprised at what has been useful.

I moved to Mexico City and couldn't understand why my cooking wasn't working until I remembered that water boils at a lower temperature the higher up you are.

I feel like going back and apologising to the teachers for not appreciating them more.

I'm sure we've used most things we learned at school without realising it. It's also fun to remember things we were taught but have now changed with the times.

Algebra. The triangle in the school band ? shorthand.
Went on to be an audio typist in my younger days.

Sports, Art and French, I took and passed A level French - never used it since

In my life I think the only things I have learnt and appreciated are typing and driving neither of which were offered at school. I did chemistry, physics and biology at university and take a great deal of interest in those subjects if they come on the TV.
such as Brian Cox.

I’ve used everything I learned at school except trigonometry- hypotenuse, sine cosine tangent and all that ! I didn’t use my German until my 40’s but then I married a German. I loved modern British history to understand my dads part in the war but our version was a bit warped though ! Having lived in Europe a lot I can honestly say we weren’t taught the truth. I didn’t use Geography much until my daughter studied it and now she has a PhD in Geography I have to pull it out of my head to get what she’s doing. Lol

I loved Maths - it was either right or wrong!

I, too, was completely flummoxed by algebra, trigonometry and log tables. Learning how to deal with financial matters in the real world, such as mortgages, banking, insurances, loans and bills would have been so much more useful.

What all these posts are feeling me that maths was very badly taught. All process without any reasons to do it. No-one made maths interesting or, God forbid, fun.

I went on a long maths teaching course once and the scales dropped from my I eyes, I started to enjoy teaching primary maths. Still no idea of tan, cosign, logtables of course. I am so proud of my GD who enjoys maths and is quite good at it. I always understood that maths was for boys. Such a shocking notion.

Lots of people have mentioned trigonometry. I might have had that in my list, but a few years ago I was working in a school and the maths teacher left suddenly. I was given year 11 maths to teach and their next lesson was trig. I spent the evening refreshing my memory and the next day confidently taught it! So it did come in useful after all. Everything else has come in useful.

I wish I had learnt to touch type - I had to learn that later in life.

Most things remotely associated with maths. Sewing lessons were utterly useless but I am still working as a well trained designer maker. Cookery utterly parlous and I am now considered a very good cook. My mother was good at both so I guess it's an inherited gene rather than the result of an expensive education.

Art was looked down on and I was prevented from doing A level even though it was my passion. I bucked the trend and got into art college, and later gained a 2:1 BA Hons in Art History.

Latin was gruelling but probably the subject I most appreciate. Having had Shakespeare rammed down my throat every day for 7 years you won't find me any where near one of his plays. I do acknowledge the beauty of the language, comedy, tragedy but I had enough.

And yes came out of one of the top academic girls schools with low self esteem, touch of rebellion and low expectations. Still feel resentful, despite an interesting and changing life.

Well the England hockey team has obviously missed out on my undoubted skills in goal, but I've never been called on to go back in. And binary maths. I never understood what was going on in the first place, so it's not likely to be helpful now.

Just about everything else has had some use, even if just in a quiz or a crossword. Even the fencing might yet come in if I have to fend off an armed attacker, and I could always shin up a handy rope to escape if my ripostes are a bit rusty.

I struggled with Art at school but I think it is taught better these days. I work as an LSA and sometime support students in Art as well as other subjects. I've realised alot of it comes down to confidence and I'm a lot better at it than I thought I would be. I've produced some quite good pieces when I've had the chance to have a go.
I don't think I've benefitted from much that we did in PE though - although I bunked off from that much of the time!

Whilst enjoying the subjects, I wasn't successful at school (exams / nerves !) but in my early 30's I did adult education in the evenings. Got 5 GCSEs and 2 A levels. My love of maths took off from there and I've used it a lot. Some algebra the other day. Went onto do a honours degree and got a 2.1