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Another rant about general education requirements
because I hate them that fucking much! 
I was a good sport about it through the first few years when I had no idea what I wanted to major into. It was like a new world for me where *I* was responsible for what happened to me and I didn't have to worry about detention or any of that bull shit. I thought I learned quite a bit and loved being able to learn new and exciting things. It felt great, and after a couple of years, I thought I was done with the GE stuff. And while I didn't mind the GE stuff, I was glad to be able to have more say in what I was taking.
Oh wait a minute, I wasn't. I was done with the community colleges GE requirements, but they didn't fill all the ones of the university I was transfering to. After months of talking with counsulors from both colleges, I find out that I have to take the dreaded biology course (even though I already took geology, thinking I wouldn't have to disect anything), and two more anthropology, never minding all the psychology, sociology, and humanities courses I've taken. I'm still not well rounded enough for these fuckwads.
You know what? Everyone has their strengths, everyone has their weaknesses. I know a lot of people who are very talented in the arts. I'm not, and after 22 years I know that I am not. I am good with math and would probably be good in computers if given the chance, but noooooooo! They insist on force feeding me stuff I don't give a shit about! Instead of learning to do things that would be useful for me, I have to keep learning what I consider to be mere facts.
DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, I should be grateful. Education is great, my parents are paying for it, and I have it well off at home, blah blah blah. I'm grateful for my parents and if you would have asked me about college two years ago, I would have been enthusiastic about it. What I am NOT grateful for is still being stuck reading boring ass textbooks on anchient religions most people have never heard of, trying to force myself to remember facts and concepts that I don't give a shit about, and doing these STUPID group presentations and other half assed ice breaker assignments. After years of this, I just. can't. take it anymore!
Luckly, I only have one more month of this stuff, so that thought has comforted me, but it's still annoying and frustrating knowing I have to waste anymore time with this shit. It's holding me back from doing things that I'd not only be interested in, but would help me make some money now. But I guess wanting to do things you're interested in and would know you're good at is too much to ask for.
I was a good sport about it through the first few years when I had no idea what I wanted to major into. It was like a new world for me where *I* was responsible for what happened to me and I didn't have to worry about detention or any of that bull shit. I thought I learned quite a bit and loved being able to learn new and exciting things. It felt great, and after a couple of years, I thought I was done with the GE stuff. And while I didn't mind the GE stuff, I was glad to be able to have more say in what I was taking.
Oh wait a minute, I wasn't. I was done with the community colleges GE requirements, but they didn't fill all the ones of the university I was transfering to. After months of talking with counsulors from both colleges, I find out that I have to take the dreaded biology course (even though I already took geology, thinking I wouldn't have to disect anything), and two more anthropology, never minding all the psychology, sociology, and humanities courses I've taken. I'm still not well rounded enough for these fuckwads.
You know what? Everyone has their strengths, everyone has their weaknesses. I know a lot of people who are very talented in the arts. I'm not, and after 22 years I know that I am not. I am good with math and would probably be good in computers if given the chance, but noooooooo! They insist on force feeding me stuff I don't give a shit about! Instead of learning to do things that would be useful for me, I have to keep learning what I consider to be mere facts.
DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, I should be grateful. Education is great, my parents are paying for it, and I have it well off at home, blah blah blah. I'm grateful for my parents and if you would have asked me about college two years ago, I would have been enthusiastic about it. What I am NOT grateful for is still being stuck reading boring ass textbooks on anchient religions most people have never heard of, trying to force myself to remember facts and concepts that I don't give a shit about, and doing these STUPID group presentations and other half assed ice breaker assignments. After years of this, I just. can't. take it anymore!
Luckly, I only have one more month of this stuff, so that thought has comforted me, but it's still annoying and frustrating knowing I have to waste anymore time with this shit. It's holding me back from doing things that I'd not only be interested in, but would help me make some money now. But I guess wanting to do things you're interested in and would know you're good at is too much to ask for.
) wrote the first Veterinarian book in 500AD, and there wasn't another one for a thousand years. Or that animals were considered to be God's presents to us, and therfor didn't feel pain and so were put through basically hell and torture in attempts to heal them until recently. (Global scale, not like, ten years ago recently).
. But it does show to employeers, that you are committed. Or, perfect slave material.
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