Studying by notashamed
I was thinking of all of the useless courses I had taken in my life and realized that I have studied lots of really useless subjects. I am sad that I never got a chance to do real research work or was allowed to be creative or bold enough and come up with new ideas. University was not challenging enough I guess. I spent most of my lectures doodling or sitting way back reading other books or playing games.
- The classification of species. A friend of mine pointed this out, we both went on to study engineering so we were both wondering why we had to know about the animal kingdoms so much.
- Economics at University. I was excited to study Economics but it turned out all about depreciation of value of whatever you buy. We never even got a chance to read about the theories of economics or the different philosophies.
- So many math courses. I am sure there was a reason for having to study more math courses than any of the other majors but I still don’t see the relevance of all the differentiation and integration rules to life. Had I known that, I would not have taken O. Level, AS Level and A. Level Math in my IGCSEs.
- Artificial Intelligence. Another course which I was very excited to take but was bummed out by the way it was taught.
- Cathodic Protection. Seriously why would anyone need to learn how that works unless you are actually going to do it. The funny thing was that I ended up working with someone on software for calculations of cathodic protection, but I could have figured it out on my own without having to waste a whole semester studying it.
- Environmental Studies (AKA Bee2a). I am just as passionate about the environment as the next person and think we really need to help preserve it and save it. Again, the way it was taught was a complete waste of time.
Things I wish I had a chance to study
- Art
- History
- Philosophy
- Psychology
- Creative Writing
- Japanese
- Arabic Literature
- Arabic Calligraphy
- Child Development
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