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re: Blow-off Humanities or Social Science electives
Posted on 12/11/18 at 12:02 pm to TeddyPadillac
Posted on 12/11/18 at 12:02 pm to TeddyPadillac
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TeddyPadillac
I had you confused with Teddy Ruxpin for a second. He strikes me as a very intelligent person, and your posts seemed to be counter to that impression.
Carry on.
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Posted on 12/11/18 at 12:12 pm to Hammertime
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Either you played sports, or you failed out. No other reason to take that class.
I'm afraid it's worse. I was an Ed major
Posted on 12/11/18 at 12:14 pm to Jim Rockford
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Leonardo Da Vinci was a great inventor and engineer. He was also one of the greatest artists in history.
super. i'm an engineer and I also have hobbies i'm really good at.
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You want a trade school, not a university
a major at a university is a "trade school".
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A university education is to prepare you to be a citizen in the world, and presumably a leader in your field and in the culture
I don't disagree, but I didn't need to take those electives to get that preparation. Parents are the ones that should be preparing children to be good citizens.
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The only difference between an engineer who never took any electives and the plant baw out there working on a tank is one of them went to school a little longer and sits in an air conditioned office.
The difference between us is I went to a school that taught me how to be a professional, taught me how to research, and how to study a problem and solve it, how to work with others to solve those problems, and how to use what I learned in the books and apply it to real life (Final Project). Going to college to become an engineer isn't just about learning book problems and how to solve them mathematically, it's about training someone on how to approach and think to solve problems.
Engineers ask lots of questions, always wanting to know why. It's been engrained in us through our schooling.
Posted on 12/11/18 at 12:17 pm to TeddyPadillac
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The difference between us is I went to a school that taught me how to be a professional, taught me how to research, and how to study a problem and solve it
What do you think the arts and humanities teach? If nothing else, it was an area of study outside your comfort zone, which is useful in itself.
Posted on 12/11/18 at 12:25 pm to TigerGrad96
I took a family studies course at LSU years ago. It was an easy A. Lots of hot chicks too.
Posted on 12/11/18 at 1:00 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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What do you think the arts and humanities teach? If nothing else, it was an area of study outside your comfort zone, which is useful in itself.
No. it wasnt' useful
It was an area of study I didn't give a shite about. Had I had a real interest in the topic, your point would stand, but I didnt'. And we are all capable of studying things outside our major on our own. That's what a hobby is. All those courses "taught" me was how to memorize some stuff for the short term to take a test. none of them required higher level thinking b/c they were all introductory courses that were no different than 6th grade social studies as far as what it taught me.
Posted on 12/11/18 at 1:12 pm to TeddyPadillac
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It was an area of study I didn't give a shite about
That's your fault.
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And we are all capable of studying things outside our major on our own
If they didn't make you, this doesn't seem to be true.
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Had I had a real interest in the topic, your point would stand, but I didnt'
LSU offers hundreds of classes, so again, this is your fault if you couldn't find a couple that interested you.
Posted on 12/11/18 at 7:42 pm to TigerGrad96
Bump for the evening crew...
Posted on 12/11/18 at 8:18 pm to TigerGrad96
SOCL 2001 Oliver Garretson
Posted on 12/11/18 at 8:21 pm to TigerGrad96
EDCI 1001 with Herman “Jelly” Kelly.
Posted on 12/11/18 at 8:53 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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As an accountant, I disagree. But I also think being educated and not some drone that has only one skill is important.
got to get that indoctrination in amirite?
frick that shite doing hobbyist bullshite for that much money.
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