Most Boring/Hated Subject That You're Forced to Take?

[BobG]

History of Eastern Civilizations. It wins because, while I remember what the textbook looked like, I don't actually remember anything else about the course. It must have been really boring for me to forget everything about the course. It was one of those "every university has to have its own special mandatory courses just to penalize students (i.e. - transfer students) that dare spend any of their money at a rival college" courses.

A public speaking course I took in college was really bad, as well. That was mainly because of the instructor. He was really, really old and actually missed about half the classes. We'd show up and hang around for awhile just to make sure he wasn't late (which he often was) and then just leave when it became apparent he wasn't going to show at all. Learned absolutely nothing from the course. It was the typical "learn to speak by not repeating the things that have humiliated you in the past" type of public speaking course. The only bright side was that he wasn't going to give anyone less than a 'B' for a course where the instructor had such a lousy attendance record.

Later on in the military, I took a different public speaking course with an instructor that actually helped students learn to speak in public. That was one of the most valuable courses I ever took in my life. I went from hating to have to speak in public to being incredibly good at it.

So, a lot of any course is the instructor that teaches it.

 

[AlephZero]

Classical Mechanics.

I can't remember what the Latin for "torque wrench" is, either.

The worst course I ever took (though not compulsory) was mathematical economincs. There was no math content beyond A + B = C + D + E (and this was in the final year of a math degree). But if you couldn't remember the exact difference between the definitions of 57 different types of money supply, you stood no chance.

 

[nitsuj]

Information systems - Context is business admin. Taught by a 70-something in 2002.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

It had to be that class in political science. They flunked me when I got caught not cheating.

 

[PAllen]

It had to be that class in political science. They flunked me when I got caught not cheating.

Oh, so it was a practical course.

 

[WannabeNewton]

It had to be that class in political science. They flunked me when I got caught not cheating.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-february-11-2013/crimson-lied

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

How about that. I no longer have any respect for Jon Stewart.

 

[BobG]

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-february-11-2013/crimson-lied

Students Disciplined in Harvard Cheating Scandal

Howard Gardner, a professor at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education who has spent much of his career studying cheating, said that eventually, the university should “give a much more complete account of exactly what happened and why it happened.”

Wait! What?!

Administrators said that on final-exam questions, some students supplied identical answers, down to, in some cases, typographical errors...

Okay, I have to admit that's a major FAIL!