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

Same here. I've always been in choirs and now playing recorder again with U3A. It has given me so much pleasure through the years

As a retired academic looking back..... I went to a very unambitious girls school where the aim was to keep us away from boys and prepare us for marriage to local farmers sons. None of us did GCSEs or even CSEs. I left at 15 and got a job and started evening classes in the academic subjects I'd missed. I must say there was one teacher who tried to get us to think for ourselves and she was probably the main influence for my future career (she was sacked unfortunately, I imagine for being unqualified and unorthodox). In terms of a subject, I have to admit I'm pleased I can cook and sew and domestic science, despite not being aimed at qualifications, has been the most useful subject I learnt at school.

English and Latin, but in addition we had a year of Gardening, which, before the internet and modern TV programs proved very useful.

O level cookery!

Music without a doubt.

RosieandherMaw

Caleo

Bixiboo

German

Was ist das ?

Nicht "German" aber "Deutch"

Nicht Deutch sondern Deutsch

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Danke!

Caleo

Bixiboo

German

Was ist das ?

Nicht "German" aber "Deutch"

Nicht Deutch sondern Deutsch

Latin French and History

Languages. I’ve always read voraciously and now that I’m retired, get through two novels a week. Wish I’d taken more interest in science though, especially biology.

That reminded me that did read tales of Greek and Roman Gods and heroes in the first year at High School which I enjoyed and read about them for years afterwards.
That wasn't a lot of use in my future career either, but enjoyable.

The times tables are probably the only thing I learnt
at school that I still use every day, sometimes several times a day. Latin has also proved very useful at understanding different languages.

Follow retirement, I worked for a few years as an invigilator at a secondary school.
The art department was a wonderful place and the different kinds of pupil's artwork was inspiring.
Art and music are alive and well in many primary and secondary schools, I am happy to report.

Caleo

annodomini

I was always 'good at English'. I suppose it was written in the stars that I would take it as a degree and end up teaching it. However, other languages also influenced me. I enjoyed learning Latin and Greek - both very handy for crosswords.

Dear Brutus ,your fate was with yourself not your stars

I learnt Latin but not Greek.

My brother learnt Greek, he tried to teach me some simple phrases but as I was only about 7 at the time he was taking his GCEs not much went in, but I did learn the Greek alphabet.

I not sure how useful it has been.

Bixiboo

German

Was ist das ?

Nicht "German" aber "Deutch"

kittylester

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.

I love that scene in Ghost where the friendly hotel manager shows her what cutlery to use at a posh restaurant!

Maremia

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

They go together, don't they, the story of man's past and the locus of man's present. Do you like Horrible Histories?

annodomini

I was always 'good at English'. I suppose it was written in the stars that I would take it as a degree and end up teaching it. However, other languages also influenced me. I enjoyed learning Latin and Greek - both very handy for crosswords.

Dear Brutus ,your fate was with yourself not your stars

Mojack26

I was a teacher.. PE was my own subject but also involved in Learning Support and Guidance. My fave subjects at school were Geography and History along with PE then English but the most useful subject I was taught was......Latin! It has come in useful my whole life....

Of course it would ! Mens sana in corpore sano is forever true.

mabon2

English and Latin

Mrs Angus taught us Latin songs I hope you like the following. I bet everyone can guess the English translation!

O divina Clementina

O meae Deliciae

Periisti

Occidisti

Indi meae lachrimae

English, shorthand and typing.

mrsgreenfingers56

Without a doubt English and touch typing course. Forget Binary, Trigonometry and Calculus which I never had any use of at all and I worked in a bank. And never understand them!

I have a friend who has a PhD and an MBA who says that her ability to touch type was the best thing she ever learned to do!

English and British Constitution.

English because of my love of reading, correct spellings, how to write a letter and so on.
Maths to a certain degree, though algebra was the most useless thing ever!

Latin and English

I was a teacher.. PE was my own subject but also involved in Learning Support and Guidance. My fave subjects at school were Geography and History along with PE then English but the most useful subject I was taught was......Latin! It has come in useful my whole life....