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What has been the most important school subject in your adult life?

(170 Posts)
Snuggy Sun 31-Aug-25 18:11:37

Maths

Grandmabatty Sun 31-Aug-25 18:12:48

English and latin

Maremia Sun 31-Aug-25 18:15:03

This is going to be an in interesting thread.
History/geography.

Bixiboo Sun 31-Aug-25 18:20:58

German

kittylester Sun 31-Aug-25 18:24:42

None. I have been a SAHM but 'domestic science' did not equip me for anything apart from how lay a table with all the cutlery pointing in the same direction.

GrannyIvy Sun 31-Aug-25 18:26:11

English and RE. I loved PE all the sports especially hockey and athletics

JaneJudge Sun 31-Aug-25 18:30:27

All of it surely

Greenfinch Sun 31-Aug-25 18:30:51

English and RE.

growstuff Sun 31-Aug-25 18:34:06

German for paying my bills. History because it's my passion and taught me critical thinking. Sixth form General Studies because it opened my eyes to so much beyond the traditional curriculum.

sparkle1234 Sun 31-Aug-25 18:36:24

English and Maths , without either it life could be difficult . Other subjects would be for interest but not a necessity for me .

valdavi Sun 31-Aug-25 18:47:31

Economic & Public affairs.
I did it for O level instead of Latin (which the careers person said, wrongly, I needed for my prospective course at Uni) but I wanted to be with my friends & so I took EPA.
Taught me to be open -minded, gave me a grounding in how monarchy, parliament, the justice system all link together & also taught me a lot that's been helpful with personal finances.
Like quite a few of us, I could read a little when I started school, & if I hadn't been formally taught maths, I would've signed up to learn it, ,but EPA was a wild card & a real help.

J52 Sun 31-Aug-25 19:02:37

English and Latin.

Luckygirl3 Sun 31-Aug-25 19:37:33

Music - the little we got ....... It has been the backbone of my whole life.

Sago Sun 31-Aug-25 19:39:04

None, I learnt to read at a very early age thankfully as books were my escape from abusive parents.

I hated school but loved my friendships, that what I take from school, friendship.

teabagwoman Sun 31-Aug-25 19:41:54

English language and maths for work.

English literature because it introduced me to great books and the theatre.

History because it taught me think about why people acted as they did.

JamesandJon33 Sun 31-Aug-25 19:47:34

Art and Literature

Nannabananasplitz Sun 31-Aug-25 19:53:46

Home Economics I use things I learned every day. At age 15 we were given a budget and ran a house for a week, shopping, cooking, teachers to lunch , child care (either a younger relative or a teacher’s child) great experience, can you imagine it happening now?!. Biology both nature studies and Human biology.

PaperMonster2 Sun 31-Aug-25 19:54:22

English.

luluaugust Sun 31-Aug-25 20:00:06

History and English

denbylover Sun 31-Aug-25 20:01:00

English and Typing

Ladyleftfieldlover Sun 31-Aug-25 20:05:09

History, English, RE, Typing, Nutrition & Cookery

Deedaa Sun 31-Aug-25 20:07:13

Art. But I enjoyed English and History too.

crazyH Sun 31-Aug-25 20:07:38

English and Maths
My neighbour’s granddaughter has failed her Maths GCSE. From what I understand, she has to re-sit this before she does her A levels. Any teachers here ? Or I could Google it, I suppose. Her grandma is worried

Grannybags Sun 31-Aug-25 20:09:16

Typing

Patsy70 Sun 31-Aug-25 20:24:13

English, Human Biology, shorthand/typing.