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RedPixel posted...

I went to college and I'm glad I did--

Minus all the stupid bullshit classes otherwise known as "gen ed." Biggest ripoff, thank you republicans for turning education into an industry.

See @Erik_P I can insult republicans too. Quit acting like a baby whenever a moderate steps out of the blue zone for a minute.

I don't think it's a Republican or Democrat issue that lead to gen ed. It's a centuries-old ideal of the "Renaissance Man" who knows at least a bit about every basic subject, and the idea that it's important to have a well-rounded education instead of just being a drone hard-wired for one job task. Which I totally agree with, and loved "having" to take gen ed.
The gen ed requirement was something like 30 credits out of a ~135 credit curriculum for me, it was a pittance. And I liked a lot of the classes, and they were nice GPA-boosters compared to the much harder science, math, and engineering classes. I still laugh at how I did better in a few Philosophy classes I took than my friends in them with me who were actually Philosophy majors, lol
Plus...there was an average of like 1.3 girls in each of my engineering classes the last 2 years. Gen ed was like an oasis in the fucking desert, and damn was I thirsty.