> > I probably spent $5000-$6000US on books and classes that were
>essentially
> > just repeated information from my high school education.  That irks me.
> >
>
>
>Why do they do this.  Is it due to variance in educational standards or
>what?
>
>Ian

My somewhat cynical view is that if they didn't force every student to take
3 English courses, the English department would shrink somewhat, and all
those poor folks who chose to major in English have to work somewhere!

It may also be as you thought...I was quite surprised by the relative
illiteracy of the people who were in my classes.  I wasn't given the option
of completely skipping these classes; you can test out of one or two, but
I think I probably took no less than 36 credit hours of 16-week courses
which were in no way related to my major and had already been covered
by high school.  Ick.

Mike H.

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