<p>Gen ed is ********. A post-industrial, service economy requires specialists. People who know how to do 1, 2 or maybe 3 things, and do them better than anyone else. Not people who are mediocre at everything.</p>
<p>Because they’re general education classes req. for graduation. They want you to take other things to make you a well rounded candidate when you’re out of college.</p>
<p>Everyone knows gen ed is a joke. Nobody takes them seriously. More importantly, it’s a waste of time and frankly revenue protection for colleges. Without gen ed, you can finish college in 3 years, maybe even 2.</p>
<p>Employers want specialists. They don’t give a damn about your well-roundedness.</p>
<p>Oh well, the political policy within the higher institution of education system. We just have to take them and get a 4.0 and deal with it. Unless someone signs a petition in front of the office.</p>
<p>Pretty much. It’s nice to be well-rounded in conversation… it makes you a more interesting person to talk to… but you really will never need to know the stuff you learned in chemistry class when you’re auditing companies for an accounting firm.</p>
<p>College should either be about education or about training to get a piece of paper that says you can do something (let’s be honest, you don’t need to spend 4 years and thousands of dollars to do a lot of jobs. You could learn the stuff necessary for most specific jobs a lot faster than that). But it needs to pick a side.</p>