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For those who don't know general education in college are courses that aren't involved in the field you're trying to get a degree in such as arts, social sciences, etc. that you're required to get a certain amount of before you get your degree.

The point of it is to get a graduate a well-rounded education outside their specific field as well as let them try out other fields to see if they're making the right choice.

Personally I spent 2 years at a community college getting all of my general education out of the way before I went to my university, and it's really made me doubt general education. Half of my time at college, along with almost $20,000, has been spent learning about nutrition, sociology, and other unrelated things while I'm pursuing a degree in computer science. I'm starting to really wonder how right it is to force this on students when many can barely even afford to go to the university in the first place. I mean I'm fairly interested in nutrition, but doesn't it make more sense for me to just read up on it rather that paying for a professionally taught class? I'm not a nutritionist after all, so I don't know why I would need to pay time and money to professionally learn it.

What do you guys think about it?