<p>As long as there are people who complain about labeling the social sciences as sciences, or see no similarity between math and English, Gen Eds will serve a very useful purpose of reminding people that the methodologies of various fields are in fact related.</p>
<p>That said, there are some pretty bad gen eds- state government classes taught by state schools, or oversimplified English classes, etc. Gen Eds can be taught very, very badly, and they often are.</p>