the friday five (school)   (friday five)

1. Are you going to school this year?
No!

2. If yes, where are you going (high school, college, etc.)? If no, when did you graduate?
I graduated from high school in 1997. I didn't graduate from college (dropped out after 2 years), but I'm awesome, so it hasn't mattered.

3. What are/were your favorite school subjects?
I always liked my programming classes. I took two programming classes in high school which were a good first look, but then I got frustrated with college "weed out" courses which did nothing but re-teach syntax. My favorite course in college was about propositional logic and abstract problem solving because it taught you how to solve problems on a very basic level instead of showing how to solve one very specific problem.

4. What are/were your least favorite school subjects?
I didn't like history class. I've changed my mind now and enjoy learning about history, but on my own terms. History class sucked because of the stupid ways information was presented in bad textbooks and pointless memorization.

5. Have you ever had a favorite teacher? Why was he/she a favorite?
My favorite teacher was my 11th grade english teacher. She made us do wacky excercises like writing an entire paper without using the verb "to be." I really enjoyed her class because she encouraged creativity and snuck learning in on the side.