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JoseBalow

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16. French from kindergarten through 7th grade

Thu Aug 7, 2025, 06:55 PM

Aug 7

then either French, Spanish, German, or Latin after that from 8th through 12th grades. Most students chose to continue with French, but some of us took an additional language if we wanted to continue with French also. But from k-12, a foreign language was mandatory.

One semester of high school Civics class was also required to graduate.

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What school courses were mandatory for you to take that are probably not required today [View all] LogDog75 Aug 7 OP

Civics. Oopsie Daisy Aug 7 #1

Yep. Same here. Freshman year. Arkansas Granny Aug 7 #2

Pretty sure that civics is still a required course. Emile Aug 7 #10

While it hasn't disappeared entirely, your presumption that it's "still a required course" is wrong. Oopsie Daisy Aug 7 #15

Not In Illinois, It's Not Wrong ProfessorGAC Sep 1 #40

Okay. Oopsie Daisy Sep 1 #44

i chatted with a retired teacher but still subs , says many schools dont teach civics anymore . AllaN01Bear Aug 7 #23

Yeah. A real shame that it is gone. emulatorloo Aug 7 #11

add me to that list. When I was in 8th grade a semester of Civics was required yellowdogintexas Aug 8 #30

See My Post Above ProfessorGAC Sep 1 #41

Same as your experience Diamond_Dog Aug 7 #3

I hated home ec. murielm99 Aug 7 #4

I got terrible grades in that, and I was just remembering the apron. I tried to make a fell apart when I presented it. Walleye Aug 7 #6

My son and some of his friends murielm99 Aug 7 #7

I got that merit badge in Boy Scouts! malthaussen Aug 9 #34

i failed home ec. couldnt sew a tee shirt if it killed me. AllaN01Bear Aug 7 #24

That was my experience also. I went to Jr. High and High School in Dallas, Texas. CTyankee Sep 1 #39

Latin Pachamama Aug 7 #5

Had To Do That In HS ProfessorGAC Sep 1 #42

I had to take Latin in order to take French. It was a pre-req. I wanted to learn French and didn't realize the value of CTyankee Sep 1 #45

Honor Students Had To Take Latin ProfessorGAC Sep 1 #46

I remember every Monday would bring newspaper articles to our social studies class and discuss them Walleye Aug 7 #8

I remember doing that, too. In 9th grade Civics class. Diamond_Dog Aug 7 #9

Drafting MichMan Aug 7 #12

Drafting was an assigned course in my middle school (mid 1970s suburban Boston). Eugene Aug 7 #18

Not so, I lived in the Philly suburbs and we had to take "mechanical drawing." malthaussen Aug 9 #35

Drafting was required? Oeditpus Rex Sep 1 #43

Everyone had to take Home Ec and Shop. Biophilic Aug 7 #13

at my first high school, 4 years of Home Ec or Agriculture were necessary to get the 18 credits yellowdogintexas Aug 8 #31

I cannot tell you how much I and my whole family suffered through seeing. 🤣 Biophilic Aug 8 #32

Mechanical drawing and shop -- a semester of each. rsdsharp Aug 7 #14

French from kindergarten through 7th grade JoseBalow Aug 7 #16

Can't recall if it was mandatory, but snot Aug 7 #17

Driver's Ed was an elective in my High School... malthaussen Aug 9 #36

high school: typing (I hear that's obsolete.) middle school: printing and drafting/mechanical drawing Eugene Aug 7 #19

Funny stories about shop Marthe48 Aug 7 #20

Home Economics catbyte Aug 7 #21

I won that thing too! My senior year in high school 1966. yellowdogintexas Sep 1 #38

Typing Diraven Aug 7 #22

Penmanship. Cursive. Oopsie Daisy Aug 8 #25

In grade school it was Penmanship. Ritabert Aug 8 #26

Cursive, Civics, U.S. History, Home Economics, PE. Polly Hennessey Aug 8 #27

Shorthand (Gregg) snowybirdie Aug 8 #28

Music appreciation. surrealAmerican Aug 8 #29

mechanical drawing and shop, one semester each in Junior High. malthaussen Aug 9 #33

We had to learn to dance LogDog75 Aug 9 #37