What is the most usefull extra curricular course you have ever taken. I took an assertiveness course

applegrove

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Mon Jun-20-11 09:19 PM
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What is the most usefull extra curricular course you have ever taken. I took an assertiveness course

Edited on Mon Jun-20-11 09:20 PM by applegrove

when I was about twenty-five. It blew open my mind. I became much more assertive and my life started to open up for me.

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femmocrat

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Mon Jun-20-11 09:28 PM
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1. In high school it was typing!

It was an elective and four decades later, I'm still using the skills I learned in that class! :)

I can't think of any in college. I don't think I had room for very many electives.

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murielm99

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Tue Jun-21-11 12:24 AM
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3. Typing, yes.

But the Typing I class in my high school was one semester. The second semester was General Business. It was useful, too. I learned how to use a checkbook and balance it, and I learned about various types of insurance. There were other general survival skills that were very useful, like job hunting and resume writing.

It was years before our state required consumer education courses for all students. I think those courses teach those skills these days. If I had not taken those courses, I would have had to learn a lot of life skills by trial and error. I am glad I took them.

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provis99

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Tue Jun-21-11 02:33 PM
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8. definitely typing.

well, that and making a bookshelf in Industrial arts.

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distantearlywarning

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Tue Jun-21-11 08:19 PM
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10. Another vote for typing.

It was the single most useful course I ever took in K-12, hands down.

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grasswire

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Mon Jun-20-11 09:43 PM
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2. oh typing, of course

Still the most valuable course I ever took, facilitating so many other things.

Second would be calligraphy. Knowing how to make a good poster is key to being selected for many committees and endeavors, from high school forward!

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RedCloud

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Tue Jun-21-11 08:49 AM
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4. Human sexuality!

:blush: :blush: :blush: :blush: :blush: :blush:

So it eh :blush: :blush: :blush:

came in handy :blush: :blush: :blush:

PS. I got an "A" in the lab! :blush: :blush:

My proudest grade ever! :blush: :blush:

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woo me with science

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Tue Jun-21-11 10:31 AM
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6. Um, that wasn't a real lab. nt

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LeftinOH

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Tue Jun-21-11 10:24 AM
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5. Assertiveness course- that actually sounds pretty useful. I might have to look into that. n/t

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TrogL

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Tue Jun-21-11 02:19 PM
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7. Sex role stereotypes

The instructor spent two weeks teaching us formal symbolic logic, then had us use it to attack every sex role stereotype you can imagine.

We had a macho-type football player in class and he'd leave class every night shaken and occasionally crying as his authoritarian world-view crumbled around him.

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Xithras

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Tue Jun-21-11 04:00 PM
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9. I took a public speaking course in college.

It completely changed the way I interact with other people face to face.

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MrScorpio

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Tue Jun-21-11 08:26 PM
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11. Film

I've always loved movies. But after taking that class, I knew exactly why.

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eShirl

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Tue Jun-21-11 08:27 PM
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12. hatha yoga, taught by the HS Biology teacher

especially the breathing exercises at the beginning
both the alternate nostril breathing, and the "breathing" into specific muscles and relaxing/elongating them on the outbreath

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Lucinda

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Tue Jun-21-11 08:42 PM
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13. It was actually required, but one of the most useful courses I ever took

was an Ed Psych class that I took when working on my Ed.S.

The class basically broke down the way different types of people learn and develop.
It can be incredibly valuable to teachers and alter how you deal with people one on one. It is also useful info for anyone who works with a diverse group of people.

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rbnyc

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Tue Jun-21-11 08:51 PM
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14. Operational Budgeting Seminar

Seriously, I loved it. It was fun. I'd always had the attitude that I wasn't a numbers/finance person, and I saw myself differently after the 3-day course. I took it about 4 years ago. I still pass on things I learned in that course to colleagues, board members and executive directors.

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