Least useful/most bureaucratic things at school or work, and why they are there

[Duck Sandwich]

At least exploding is cool the first and maybe second time. I had to do the water cycle so many times. Tell me this, do you give a crap about how a glacier is made? What about what "Percolation" is? Good idea, studying other things, though.

Wow. It's like we've taken the same science class in grade school. I've forgotten pretty much everything I've learned about science from grades 6-10, save for a few things, like the water system, igneous, sedementary, and metamorphic rocks, positive atoms, Niels Bohr and the fact that we have something called an aorta.

Actually, all I know about anything I've listed above is that they exist.

Also, when it comes to useless crap classes, you can't top taking religion in Catholic schools. Seriously, all I can remember is that there was a shitload of word searches. And once I did a test on the Ten Commandments and got a zero because I had no idea what order they went in. Sometimes we'd read the Bible and answer questions about the stories we read in it, and the teacher didn't bother to put it into context. I remember reading some story where a person was being visited by two angels, and then all the men in the town came to his house because they wanted to have sex with the angels (What the fuck). Then the angels blinded them and flew off or something. And I read this in Grade 7.

All in all, I think I learned a valuable lesson: Do not read the Bible without a deep knowledge of history/religion, or else it'll just be a big stroll through What the Fuck Land.

 

[BlazeTheVampire]

At least exploding is cool the first and maybe second time. I had to do the water cycle so many times. Tell me this, do you give a crap about how a glacier is made? What about what "Percolation" is? Good idea, studying other things, though.

Wow. It's like we've taken the same science class in grade school. I've forgotten pretty much everything I've learned about science from grades 6-10, save for a few things, like the water system, igneous, sedementary, and metamorphic rocks, positive atoms, Niels Bohr and the fact that we have something called an aorta.

Actually, all I know about anything I've listed above is that they exist.

Also, when it comes to useless crap classes, you can't top taking religion in Catholic schools. Seriously, all I can remember is that there was a shitload of word searches. And once I did a test on the Ten Commandments and got a zero because I had no idea what order they went in. Sometimes we'd read the Bible and answer questions about the stories we read in it, and the teacher didn't bother to put it into context. I remember reading some story where a person was being visited by two angels, and then all the men in the town came to his house because they wanted to have sex with the angels (What the fuck). Then the angels blinded them and flew off or something. And I read this in Grade 7.

All in all, I think I learned a valuable lesson: Do not read the Bible without a deep knowledge of history/religion, or else it'll just be a big stroll through What the Fuck Land.

I was forced to be Confirmed Catholic in order to graduate from 8th grade. I began studying Wicca in 7th grade and my priest tried to convince my family I was possessed. I think that Theology is a wonderful thing to know because of its longstanding use as a teaching tool, but some things just go too far, lol.

As for science, I caught on mostly to Physics because it actually applied to real life. I can't remember the Periodic Table of Elements to save my life, and the Scientific Theory is a joke. I skipped out when we dissected frogs. To be fair, the formaldehyde irritates my asthma and I couldn't have done an autopsy on a dead frog without losing my ability to breathe. But I also think it's something that isn't necessary to one who isn't planning to go into a field that entails cutting things open in that manner. And, well, I was under the belief that the frogs did nothing to deserve such treatment, lol.
Mr. Conrad: "Tomorrow we'll begin cutting open our frogs,"
Me: "What the fuck did the frog ever do to you?"

I think the most useless class in my history was sex education and introduction to puberty in 8th grade at my tiny little Catholic school.
"Sex is bad! Don't have it until after you're married, and even then, you're not allowed to enjoy it!"
Teacher: "Girls, your body will soon be undergoing changes..."
Me: "Well you're about two years behind the rest of us, then,"

What I learned? "Well if they say it's bad, it must be fun,"

 

[TheKnifeJuggler]

Call me evil, but I thought dissecting frogs was fun. Not as fun as squids though. You got to write your name with their ink.

>:^D

 

[MRMIdAS2k]

But what does witholding/giving permission to use the bathroom teach you? Granted, a lot of people were just using it as an excuse to go smoke, but still.

A Teacher refused me permission to go to the toilet at school, so I walked to the from of the class, took the bin to the back of the class, and proceeded to piss in the bin, then put it back.

I got dragged in front of the headteacher and got shouted at until I asked her what she'd prefer, me pissing in a bin, or me pissing myself and going home, missing school?

She shut up then.

 

[werepossum]

But what does witholding/giving permission to use the bathroom teach you? Granted, a lot of people were just using it as an excuse to go smoke, but still.

A Teacher refused me permission to go to the toilet at school, so I walked to the from of the class, took the bin to the back of the class, and proceeded to piss in the bin, then put it back.

I got dragged in front of the headteacher and got shouted at until I asked her what she'd prefer, me pissing in a bin, or me pissing myself and going home, missing school?

She shut up then.

That officially rocks. If you can't win the game, change the rules.

I interviewed with a structural steel detailing company almost thirty years ago and got a bad feeling, so I politely waved off the detailed interview after what I'd seen and heard during the initial interview and the tour. Buddy of mine worked there a couple of years later and said he actually had to raise his hand and request permission from the floor walker to go to the bathroom or get a new pencil lead. You raise your hand, floor walker comes to you, you request permission. Speaking or standing up without permission was an infraction; three infractions were grounds for dismissal. How would you like to spend fourteen to sixteen years in school and then wind up with a job like that?