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<p>I recently attended a luncheon at a local UC campus and just happened to have a Chem Prof at my table. He was bemoaning the lack of students studying sciences, lack of URMS, lack of women, etc…and lack of money because their department would be larger if they had more students. </p>
<p>After his whining, I popped the question, well actually three questions: 1) why do the sciences purposely force lower grades than the rest of the Uni which, in essence, encourages competition and discourage collegiality (and kills gpas for law school wannabes)? 2) why are the lab classes sink holes for time, i.e., they only earn four credits as do hume/lit courses, but yet take forever just to compete a lab write up? Why not offer Rocks for Jocks, or Physics for Poets if you really want Lit majors to take a science course or two before they graduate? </p>
<p>He was dumbfounded, and just mumbled about the scientific method and discipline (snooze) and changed the subject…</p>