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It's interesting how a lot of people say keyboarding/typing. I basically taught myself how to type, and have never typed in the traditional "home row" style they always teach in those classes. I basically came up with my own method just by doing it constantly, and can type pretty quickly and accurately.
Probably my most valuable class (or subject really), was/is English. It instilled in me a love of reading that has broadened my horizons on the world more they I can ever put into words. A close second would be the creative writing class I took my sophomore year of high school. The teacher was a young, kind of hippy dude who did poetry slam, listened to rap, and had backpacked across three continents. He inspired us little small town kids to think outside our isolated little corner of the world and to be free and creative with our lives. I never became a writer, but his inspiration literally gave me hope that I would one day get out of that small town to bigger and better things. I owe him a lot for that.
I was hired as a draftsman back in the 70's. After a few days of, "This is how things works here" I was asked if I knew Trigonometry. I did not. I stopped at Geometry in school. I was then told that if I didn't I would not be retained.
So I went to a book store and bought Plane and Spherical Trigonometry. It had tests at the end of each chapter and answers in the back. I spent from Friday night to Sunday night reading and had my wife test me.
I went into work Monday and announced I knew trigonometry, which garnered a lot of laughter. So I told them to test me. They gave me some drawings and told me to figure out the missing dimensions. When I gave them back there was no more laughter. I solved every one.
That started a 22 year career which saw me go from a drafting board to managing over 200 computers worldwide, then a career as a computer consultant, which was the best job I ever had. It was just me and I had the nicest boss and a short commute.
Sewing. As a male that's an incredibly valuable lesson which has saved me $$$ by making several of my own items to wear and repair of other items I have bought cheap as they were damaged and on sale.
Lingua Graeca est maxima sed Lingua Latina est omnium linguarum optima ac utilissima.
Almost figured the above out, but had to dump it into Google translate to make sure. Can't quite get the meaning of "maxima" in this context.
Now that I'm retired, I have some extra time to study subjects that I've put off for decades. Just started on Latin this past Saturday with one of The Great Courses series.
I rarely go somewhere where I know I'll be sitting while waiting without my Loeb's copy of De Officiis. It doesn't happen very often when I can get through more than a handful of pages before having to put the book down because my poor little brain is overloaded.
Almost figured the above out, but had to dump it into Google translate to make sure. Can't quite get the meaning of "maxima" in this context.
Now that I'm retired, I have some extra time to study subjects that I've put off for decades. Just started on Latin this past Saturday with one of The Great Courses series.
I rarely go somewhere where I know I'll be sitting while waiting without my Loeb's copy of De Officiis. It doesn't happen very often when I can get through more than a handful of pages before having to put the book down because my poor little brain is overloaded.
"Maxima lingua" means largest language, that is, the largest number of words. English is larger only if we include technical terms. "Maxima'' may also mean very large.
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