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What industry do you work in and what are the LPT the general public should know about it? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 5 months ago by return2ozma to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You also have the viewpoint that some freshmen level classes were designed to specifically weed people out. If you aren't able to have a way to pass those classes, then it was thought that teaching you further would be a waste.

[–] brygphilomena 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Which is such a poor attitude. Just because someone is bad in one subject doesn't apply to every subject. English, math, and history were all GEs. What use does having an English major be weeded out by their ability to do stats or calculus?

Or a psych major because they have no particular interest in pre-silk road civilizations?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Just because someone is bad in one subject doesn't apply to every subject.

No, but the freshman year is supposed to lay the groundwork for later classes and teach soft skills for use later.

What use does having an English major be weeded out by their ability to do stats or calculus?

I've found it rare that universities require English majors to take advanced math. However, even within that, calculus is just a different way of preparing logic proofs and statistics is commonly used and misused in developing arguments.

Also, a four year degree isn't meant to be a technical degree, but to help create a more well rounded leader. That means having more knowledge than just the subject. This is the reason why engineers have to take humanities classes.