<p>Hello all hoping to get a little advice here. Currently I am attending a local community college, graduated high school with a 3.8 had a opportunity to go to a university but having loans and dept did not sound appealing. Unlike most of the population I am trying to get my degree in something i've been extremely passionate about for years, Electromechanical Engineering or you could say Robotics/ Mechatronics. </p>
<p>Here is where i'm at I am starting to think college is becoming irrelevant and if im just wasting my time and money. I want to learn and I am constantly teaching myself new techniques, skills, and philosophy's regarding mechanics, electronics, and other sciences. I believe a mans mind is his most powerful tool and should always be growing yet i'm not seeing college help me in that. Sure mechtronics, math, and engineering courses are awesome and teaches me new things yet I need to take things like history, art, humanity to finish my degree or transfer. </p>
<p>History, Art, humanity's, music ect. is complete crap to me, non of them carry logic or even value to me. Dont get me wrong I have a big open mind yet when I take a course like that I see flaws in how its taught and how the hell its taken so seriously and cant understand all the mind numbing busy work. Its come to a point now that I am in those courses and I just get angry and when I point out the flaws in logic and opinion its disregarded and I feel like im being injected with false ideals and logic. </p>
<p>I even asked my professor in Art class what value does art have and why does one that takes 10x less time and effort regarded as the better painting? (modern art) She did not know how to respond and told me just to embrace art and give it a chance.. Also I asked the grade A students what are they learning from this course? Their response was art is valuable to the human spirit and makes you think in different ways from anothers perspective. Sure thats fine and dandy but why is that taken so seriously?? what kind of profit do you expect to make from art? how does art contribute to society? how does it better yourself? how does it better the human race? </p>
<p>^^^ Same goes for history and music, ect. </p>
<p>Getting my degree doesn't seem worth it if I have to take irrelevant courses like this. In fact im starting to think the degree is crap compared to experience in the field, social skills, and business ethics. Sure why not have a experience, social skills, business ethics, and a degree?? Yeah I totally would but at this point these courses are making me so angry that it would not even be worth the time and effort. </p>
<p>Tell me am I being stubborn or is their a solution my problem here? </p>
<p>My ideal solution here is to not take irrelevant courses and to teach my self my degree and just take a fat hard massive exam or write a large essay to get my degree. Seems more fair and productive and fills my need to learn more</p>