Q&A: why do they force you to take core classes in college?
Question by James: why do they force you to take core classes in college?
you take your core classes in highschool basically for 4 years, than you start college and it’s another two years of core their two. What a waste of time and money, college it should be automatic for basic degrees you can start the program. Why repeat the same classes you already took prior in highschool I don’t get it? They just want your money, I just want to get on with the program I have to do the same basic classes I ALREADY did in High school, so basically 6 year of cores? That sounds ridiculous don’t it?
Best answer:
Answer by str33t
“They want you to come out of college a well rounded person.” Fecken a holes! They want our moneys.
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August 20th, 2010 at 9:53 am
It is ridiculous. And I would believe that it is motivated basically by money.
August 20th, 2010 at 10:48 am
If you already know the material, you can ‘test out’, i.e. take a ‘credit for prior education’ test and get credit for the class.
August 20th, 2010 at 10:56 am
I remember reading my class descriptions and at the top it said something about these are essential to know, basically general knowledge they believed everyone should have. In high school, it’s the same, but in college it is more defined and more work.
It isn’t the same.
However isn’t it in Europe they can get their bachelors the same time we enter university?
Well.. America is known for liking money..
August 20th, 2010 at 11:11 am
You can pass out of a lot of core classes with AP credits. You can pass out of languages with placement tests. You can pass out of freshman writing with the SAT II or AP. If you truly took college-level classes in these subjects in high school, if the college classes are truly the “same basic classes” as you already took, you should be passing out of a lot of them. If not, then they are not the same classes, they are more advanced, or else you didn’t quite master it the first time. You had most of the same basic subjects in first grade as your junior year of high school. Are you saying that they were exactly the same? Not only that, but you have some freedom in picking your classes, and you can opt to take things you did not take at all in high school (like Intro to Sociology instead of History if you want, or start a new foreign language instead of continuing the same one). If your college classes feel like high school level and you’re bored with them, maybe you aimed too low.
I understand that when you graduate from high school, you feel like you know everything–I did too–but you will find that you do not. There will be subjects that don’t really matter to you that you still have to take classes in, but even those may help you in ways you don’t immediately realize. Most of college isn’t about stuffing your head with facts, it’s about learning how to learn. All those papers you write on topics you don’t really care that much about will still make you a better researcher, thinker and writer. College is not the same as vocational school; most majors do not prepare you for any specific job, and conversely many (if not most) graduates get jobs not directly related to their major. If you really don’t enjoy learning and just want job training, do a vocational degree. Most are shorter and cheaper and don’t require academic subjects.
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