<p>I think TXhorn is just playing around, judging from the content of his other posts :), one of which commented on a majority of UT’s classes being “jokes”. </p>
<p>We are also one of the small minority of teams that MAKES money from football. 95% of schools lose a great deal of money playing football. Except, it is necessary that they play, so that UT/USC/OU/OSU can beat up on them and make money. You can’t be profitable without the losers. This is the sad state of college football. UT’s money is made at the expense of higher tuition, larger classes, and crumbling classrooms at other institutions. Think about that for a second. </p>
<p>I sincerely hope Texas can scrounge up some sort of running game together. Without that, I don’t think they have a chance. Alabama is balanced, athletic, and well-coached. But USC was too back in the day :).</p>
<p>I’d like to see the “evidence” that certain races are more intelligent than others…because frankly i think that’s probably the most absurd thing i have ever heard.</p>
<p>I know this is an old post, but I totally agree with everything you’ve said, navyarf. I’m only a senior in high school, but I see a lot of the same things going on with AP classes. People are taking it only for the inflated grade, and then they’re hardly working but then complain about the poor results they get. It’s always been something that annoyed me, and I’m glad there are people out there who agree with me.</p>
<p>I’ve been to community college for 2.5 years and now at UT for one semester. So far it’s depended on the class. In one of my courses, the kids are freaking brilliant as I expected them to be. In another, most of the kids seem really clueless but it might be because it’s sort of a “boring” subject for most people.</p>
<p>In community college, most of the people in my classes I was thinking “why are you even here?”. Very, very few people there acted like they actually cared about getting an education.</p>
<p>Ok, I just went through the part that said how unchallenging and pointless the liberal arts classes are. </p>
<p>Frankly, the problem is not the classes, it’s you. </p>
<p>I had a tough decision to make between doing a liberal arts/science education or going for something like business right away. Almost every day I remind myself how happy I am I decided to get a strong liberal arts background before focusing on a particular profession.</p>
<p>My liberal arts courses I have taken this semester at UT have helped me become a much better persuasive writer and critical thinker. I thought my 2.5 years at CC was going to give me the foundation I needed and then the upper division courses would just be about gaining more specialized knowledge.</p>
<p>Boy was I wrong.</p>
<p>After the experience I’ve had this semester I look back at my writing from the last 2.5 years and the first few weeks of the semester and feel a bit embarrased. I used to be too much style and not enough substance. The classes here have really forced me to make focused, concise arguments with easy to follow logical progression. </p>
<p>It seems like the OP’s largely rambling argument covered a lot of ground. The only thing I’ll comment on is that for me, a liberal arts education, one spanning the last 3 years - 2.5 of them in CC and one semester here at UT - has been extremely valuable to the point where I feel justified in arguing that a strong 3 or 4 year liberal arts background should be any student’s focus before doing technical or professional training.</p>