Postal regulations were far more fun, at least there was a rational reason for most of those. The Postmaster is still the Person with the Vote regardless of the books; but they're usually interested in getting the mail moved instead of asserting their power and will cooperate.
Looking back, the primary goal of each textbook and teacher was to do their best to make sure nobody would ever voluntarily pick up a history book for the rest of their life.
Decades later I wound up reading a biography of a moderately interesting person, which led me off to history in a sideways manner. Now I'm a minor history buff.
Funny, history wasn't the only subject the public school system seemed to be trying to induce Pavlovian avoidance reflexes to...
Honestly, I can't think of a single subject that I've found useless or boring. Even things that sound dull as dirt on the surface get very interesting when you dig below the surface.
I never studied it in an academic setting, but to this day when I have to read a data protection clause my eyes glaze over after a couple of lines.
Highly tedious stuff.
Not lying, just too abstract for my liking.