Douglas Johnson wrote in
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Touch typing.

Already doing it in my own way before I took the class.

Driver's Ed.

Useless. We studied the "Rules of the Road" book by writing out the
questions and answers verbatum, and took the drivers test to get our
permit.

Drafting.

Optional, but very very useful class. I think this one had one of the
largest lasting effects on me, as it gave me a way to draw out my ideas.
I'm no artist, but via drafting I can get the point across.

History and Government.

We studied the various wars, the founding of the US, and the Amendments
to the Constitution. In 7th grade I had an amazing history teacher who
used motivations more than events. Learned more from him than I did in
any future history class.

Wood shop.

Optional, but extremely useful. (Naturally, I'd say that posting this
message on a _Woodworking_ newsgroup.)

Chemistry and Physics.

I had a touch of Chemistry, and no Physics.

After college, I got a 27' chemistry set, also known as a swimming pool.
Glad I had Chemistry in college.

Geometry

I use this off and on as a part of woodworking. The whole proofs part,
though, not so useful in daily life.

Trig, and Intro to Calculus.

Scheduled at the wrong time for me to take. Wish I had trig, though, as
it would have allowed me to take the 11:00 Calculus classes in college
rather than the &:$% ones (oops... Did I hold the shift key down too
long?).

(If you'd like to include those in "sums", that's fine.) -- Doug

Funny, it seems the optional classes were the most useful ones.

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