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Chemistry for my undergrad degree. And band!!

I wish I had paid more attention to science and basic math- since that is the basis for the degree I'm going for right now! I've spent the last year trying to relearn many things I should have already known.

Biology helped me in getting my degree.

Maths, I guess.

Typing! I learned how to type properly in High School and am so glad I did. It helped that my Mom also taught that class so...I kind of had to learn.

I needed to fulfil an elective my senior year so I took graphic design as a blow off class.

I ended up falling in love, teaching myself HTML and going off to college to pursue an advertising degree. My knowledge for design came in handy, and I started my masters in multimedia when I was a college senior . Now I work full time as a designer!

Keyboarding....

Typing class in middle school. I took a computer applications class that taught basic Microsoft Office functions and a business class that taught how to balance check books, make a budget, fill out job applications and lots of other real world lessons.

Those are the only things I feel I use in my job and on a daily basis. Besides reading and writing and basic math.

Photography. But only because I'm pursuing it as a new career. English and speech class I suppose since my current career is lawyer and most of what I do is writing and presenting stuff.

I don't think any of the math turned out to be useful for me since I was in all sorts of advanced math and now I have no need to do calculus. The science wasn't strictly useful except it is nice to have some understanding of how the world works and not feel like a moron. Same with history. Hated it at the time but I do think its sort of general knowledge adults should have.

English, theatre and art if you ask me. English taught me how to properly write down my thoughts. Theatre taught me to be more confident and outgoing (I was a super shy child and now I chat with clients everyday). Art, well, I work as a graphic designer now and I think at least a few of the things I learned there have come in useful now.

I guess history and science were also pretty useful, but not in an everyday sense. It's just good to have a basic knowledge of that kind of stuff.

I did take some computer classes, but I knew more about computers than the teacher did.

Honestly, I could have done completely without high school math. These days I do very little math and when I have to do anything I can't do in my head I can just use the calculator on my phone. I definitely have no need to do any of that complicated math they taught us.

Nutrition. Also, home ec.

@LovelyPlum: lol, it's funny how things stick out at you later in life! Maybe I should try skis, lol

@Dandelion: seriously! I will never forget that lesson-he was an artist and drew this incredibly detailed pregnant woman on the board. Then, he did a physics problem to find her center of gravity without skis and explained how her belly was making it hard for her to have a good center of gravity. He then drew skis and recalculated, which put her center of gravity right where it should have been. His wife was pregnant at the time, and he said she didn't appreciate the suggestion.

AP English, because I learned how to write well there. And I passed the AP exam and got college credit.
I started to learn typing when i was 7. That's been the single best skill I've ever learned in school.
I feel like I use basic algebra a lot too.
Physiology was useful in that I learned i didn't want to pursue a medical degree. ha.