Why are we forced to take useless classes?

You take the classes because all schools publish a 4 year plan that you should have been able to look at and therefore the school assumes it is not torture to take them. You take the classes because you want the degree, not to be highly entertained at school If you really think a class is hard, hard, you take that class because you are obviously not proficient in that (critical reading and writing are essential skills). You want the degree because you think it will lead to a better career, and you don’t want to work at Walmart. Your lit before 1600 class prof was likely kidding, he doesn’t get paid extra to bore you to tears, he’s probably actually interested in the material and hopes you will be too.

There are so many colleges and majors out there that cater to every type of person and their preferences, seems like you twice have proven unable to read the catalog…

You can spend your life having lots of complaints, but … well, sometimes you just have to grin and bear it. Or take a gap year and work at Walmart or even travel with backpack over Europe and see what the real world requires of you, which is likely a lot more time and effort than you are putting in now (40 hours a week every week is a lot of hours, having no clean underwear and no place to sleep because your train was delayed isn’t real fun, etc). Come back wanting to learn something and go to a school that wants to help you learn it…

You are wasting time, money, energy and other people’s time now.