FabSwingers.com forum: Useless school subjects

By *lderflowerapple OP Woman
24 weeks ago

Basingstoke

I just had a eureka moment!

I'm considering the purchase of some new garden dining furniture and I needed to figure out the diagonal length of my square patio (I'd come back in, locked the back door and put the tape measure away when I realised I need this).

Pondering whether to ask Alexa or Google it, I had a sudden flash of inspiration that took me back to geometry in my maths classes... Of course it's Pythagoras that tells us how to calculate it!

Turns out that some 40 years after learning the theory, it actually did come in useful after all.

What else did you think was a waste of time at school, but actually has come in handy since?

Now... If I could just remember why I needed to know that measurement.

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By *ickyKlungespeareMan
24 weeks ago

St Leonards

Xcjxk dofkcn 34ekzk£(@?!!!

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By *ickyKlungespeareMan
24 weeks ago

St Leonards

"Xcjxk dofkcn 34ekzk£(@?!!!"

Just so I can't get accused of killing your excellent thread prematurely, the above translates as:

"Learning how to use the alphabet in order to spell words".

That was an utterly useless skill to learn

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By *agatoXXXMan
24 weeks ago

A Place Where Time Runs Slow

Algebra. I didn't learn the alphabet to do maths.

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By *ellhungvweMan
24 weeks ago

Cheltenham

Trigonometry and physics are really important - how else are you going to ensure that the angle of the dangle is proportional to the lust of the thrust?

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By *iddlesticksMan
24 weeks ago

My nan’s spare room.

The phonetic alphabet so that when I’m giving endless people on the end of the phone my postcode they get it right.

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By *J the bullMan
24 weeks ago

Washington

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By *J the bullMan
24 weeks ago

Washington

Sex Ed as the long haired geeky need, and teachers pet..honestly thought what use is this to me..

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By *J the bullMan
24 weeks ago

Washington

Nerd grrr auto correct

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By *lderflowerapple OP Woman
24 weeks ago

Basingstoke

"The phonetic alphabet so that when I’m giving endless people on the end of the phone my postcode they get it right. "

I wish I HAD been taught that at school... Necessity forced me to teach myself when my ex husband gave me a horrendous surname

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By *lderflowerapple OP Woman
24 weeks ago

Basingstoke

"Sex Ed as the long haired geeky need, and teachers pet..honestly thought what use is this to me..

Just goes to show, the curriculum knows best!

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By *lderflowerapple OP Woman
24 weeks ago

Basingstoke

"Trigonometry and physics are really important - how else are you going to ensure that the angle of the dangle is proportional to the lust of the thrust?"

Just don't mix up the lust and the thrust in that equation!

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
24 weeks ago

King's Crustacean

The Greek Alphabet

alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu1, xi, omicron, pi1, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi1, psi1, omega.

As an adult I heard the phrase ' From alpha to omega and immedatley I understood

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By (user no longer on site)
24 weeks ago

That Pythagoras’ theorem is used by is in our day to day life way more than people realise.

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By *naswingdressWoman
24 weeks ago

Manchester (she/her)

Staying stoic while you're being traumatised.

People are pieces of shit

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