Why Do We Have to Take these Dumb Classes Anyway??

So I think I was the only person who actually read the assignment, which actually before the class I was told I was a week ahead. That made me happy until I was told in class that next week we are discussing this week and next week's reading assignments. Thanks guys, now I have to actually do some homework! Just kidding! I love you all, you know I do. :)

So, since none of us did what was on the syllabus, we went ahead and discussed the Onion's article talking about are we really paying a whole bunch of money for a piece of paper, or is the applicable for our future career(s)?

I think the general consensus, just said in multiple different ways, is that, no, we should go to college. At least, that was my consensus... Some of the reasons for this are:

1) Who knows if the degree you're getting now will prepare for the career you are planning to have? How many times have we been told that you will probably not use your degree or that our parents are doing something completely different than there major? Life happens, and we have to be prepared for it. And sometimes that means taking useless classes.

2) Sometimes it is beneficial to have a plethera of knowledge. Just because you may be going into Education (hmm..hmm..) does not mean that you shouldn't take a biology course. Who knows... you may need to know how to take care of someone or be able to teach it. Who knows?

I think that's the point is nobody knows what the future holds. We can only plan, guess, and plunge forward.

There are some drawbacks though with taking a variety of classes.

1) Colleges have to accomodate for a broad range of students with different learning styles and ambitions. Sometimes when you get broad, the depth is not great.

2) Taking various classes that "don't have to do with your major" distract for the course of a degree.

3) Dumb kids hold the smart kids down. It's frustrating to wait on kids who have no ambition for learning and make it harder on the teacher to teach. Also, so many people are coming to college, it's not just for the rich smart kids anymore, as Andrew put it. So coming to school to most is like a party for kids trying to be adults doing to high school work. Frustrating, huh?

Okay, so these are my thoughts. Oh, one more, we need a system of bringing points forth. Maybe raising your hand or taking turns or something, because several times I noticed that it was the one who the loudest or the first to speak who got to share. This is a little annoying for the quieter folks, who I'm sure have plenty of ideas floating in their brains.