When I went to college, in the Dark Ages, (when we still had Women's Colleges, mens' hours, curfews and house rules), you had certain classes you had to take. Requirements.
For example, every year you had to take a gym class. It could be horseback riding, dance, archery, swimming. Something to get your body moving. Not a bad idea actually. Being a declared Fine Arts major, I still had to suffer through some English (play reading, Shakespeare etc) and one science class. The Science Types HAD to take Fine Arts 101 taught (in my case) by the uber-dramatic Dr. Harold Fink (and you'd better call him DOCTOR Fink). We also had to take 4 semesters of a foreign language. Required. This was the Liberal Arts Education. Nothing wrong with it and tons of things right with it.
Nowadays, I pity the poor college freshman or AP High School student who has to take a plethora of money-making, stupid, bullsh*t classes. Let's say you are a declared Freshman Fine Arts major. You still have to take stupid crap like Psychology, 3 Math Classes, a Science (and a Lab) and a whole ton load of English. Granted, most high school students can barely read more or less WRITE nowadays.
Why does a science major have to take Accounting 101, the bane of every student except for Accounting and Business Majors? Does a Spanish Major really, truly NEED statstics?? Instead of 4 years, it's taking 5 to get your degree because of b.s. classes. It's all about making money IMO.
But I digress. As usual.
Here are a list of Classes They Should Make You Take from elementary through AP all the way through to Grad School
Fourth Grade: Condoms: A Life Changer
Fourth Grade: Animals Have Feelings Too!
Seventh Grade: Sewing 101: Buttons Aren't Scary
AP: Kitchen Basics: Someday YOU Won't Have YOUR Mother Around.
AP Advanced: Kitchens For Men: Do Ya Think I'm Sexy In My Apron Baby?
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