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   -=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-   
      
    AT> The colleges I went to call those "liberal arts" and/or "general   
    AT> education." Those classes were fun and interesting, but what good is a   
    AT> 101 knowledge of anything?   
      
   Certain classes, like writing a research paper, would be useful no matter what   
   your major.   
      
   Other classes were also "useful" but geared completely wrong.  ex: Economics.    
   Now, learning economics is certainly useful.  But this was economics for   
   economics majors, not economics for dummies.  Useless class.   
      
   There were a few surprises, though.  Ex: A humanities class (go fig) in logic.    
   It helped me greatly in my computer science classes.   
      
   But I still don't understand how learning about the Yanomami people made me   
   more well rounded.   
      
   Most of my Humanities classes were useless.  All of my Social Studies classes   
   were useless.  We lucked out in that only a few Humanities classes were   
   required and all the Social Studies classes were electives (you just had to   
   take so many).  But I never was able to get into the Tolkien class. :(   
      
   I understand the idea of being a "well rounded" student, but it seemed to me   
   that the actual policy was geared toward making students have to take classes   
   by worthless professors.  Oh, and more money for the college.  So even back in   
   the mid/late 80's, the rot was already setting in.   
      
    AT> OTOH: I took PSY 101 and learned about "classical conditioning" which   
    AT> was beneficial in understanding how the left operates, but the rest of   
    AT> the course turned me into a wanna-be psychologist who diagnoses people   
    AT> all the time. Hang on, let me put on my "expert" glasses..   
      
   Yes, the Dunning-Kruger Effect is alive and well on college campuses.   
      
      
   ... I may have my faults, but being wrong ain't one of them.   
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