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How did you get through them?
If you had to re-do them today, how do you think you'd go?

Math, by far. I hated school but especially mathematics. I doubt I'd do much better now.

I hated math, but I was good at it. I still don't see the value in it. When I tested for college, I believe they said I could do calculus, to which I said no thanks give me whatever is the minimum I can get away with. You need basic math, which a lot of people are bad at, but once you start getting into letters and shapes, it is a very specialized group of people who will actually make use of that in daily life. Still, with technology now, I just plug things into a spreadsheet. The concept of doing long division or of carrying numbers is crazy to me.

Hardest for me was English. They would assign reading assignments that just were not interesting, which to me had the impact of turning me off wanting to read. Some of the books in high school were interesting, though. I never felt writing was enjoyable either.

Biology, just because I had a hard time keeping all the vocabulary straight. But I still was able to see the value in studying it, even if I wasn't going to make a career out of it, because it promoted a valuable variety in ways of thinking about things, and it helped me have a good sense of what people were talking about when things related to biology came up in the future. And really, those two positives can be applied to ANY field of study.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Calculus was the first time I just didn't get what they were talking about in math. I don't know if it was just one step too abstract for me or what. Maybe if they'd gotten into real-world application more quickly. I don't know.