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In reply to the discussion: What school courses were mandatory for you to take that are probably not required today [View all]snowybirdie
(6,338 posts)28. Shorthand (Gregg)
The business track required it. 40 years later, after just graduating from College after !marriage and motherhood, I was hired to a new job because I knew Gregg, and not because of my psychology degree.
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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
While it hasn't disappeared entirely, your presumption that it's "still a required course" is wrong.
Oopsie Daisy
Aug 7
#15
i chatted with a retired teacher but still subs , says many schools dont teach civics anymore .
AllaN01Bear
Aug 7
#23
add me to that list. When I was in 8th grade a semester of Civics was required
yellowdogintexas
Aug 8
#30
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
That was my experience also. I went to Jr. High and High School in Dallas, Texas.
CTyankee
Sep 1
#39
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
I remember every Monday would bring newspaper articles to our social studies class and discuss them
Walleye
Aug 7
#8
Not so, I lived in the Philly suburbs and we had to take "mechanical drawing."
malthaussen
Aug 9
#35
at my first high school, 4 years of Home Ec or Agriculture were necessary to get the 18 credits
yellowdogintexas
Aug 8
#31