University Classes and Why They Matter

They DON'T. Honest to God going to college looking to get straight A's is like going fishing in a golf course, there's rhyme or reason to it. First off, no MATTER what, grades will always play second fiddle to real-world experience, secondly even if somehow they did matter would you really feel proud. In grade school and high school sure it makes sense, you're still learning and probably don't got a clue as to what in the world your existing for, so they're a good way to keep people in line. This is especially the case since every college likes to scare people till they wet themselves about how competitive they are and how they only accept the best of the best. Well of course then you're going to try to succeed then I mean as far as your concerned, YOU are the best. Why wouldn't you be? You've known yourself the longest and I would at least hope that no matter how much of an emo phase that you have after listening to System of a Down for the first time that at least like 1% of you is still thinking, "Yeah I suppose I'm worth going there." And then of course you apply to all of your dream schools and that one safety and only get accepted to the safety. But I'm digressing, the point is that even after all of that insanity and stress that comes from grades in high school. Then all of a sudden your in college sitting in your GE required Oceanography lecture about which floats down faster sand or clay particles and you just start thinking, "Why am I trying again?" Afterall when in life is it going to come up in a job where you're skills of ocean sediment will be a major determinant as to whether you get the job or not. Sure anything is possible, but if you ever do actually get a job where that is a requirment then you may want to just take a look as to what had to happen in your life to lead you to that point. But to bring this point out further, I suppose what I'm just trying to figure out myself is, if say for my own major I only need to put focus into certain classes, is there a way that such focus can also be redirected into GEs as well? As in what about instead of classes about rocks and sediment, there were MANDATED classes about finding an apartment, looking for a career job, how to repair a sink, or cook, or exist. Just overall life classes that would honestly feel you could at least you could apply in life. Going away from grades and putting a bigger emphasis on competence, wouldn't that feel better? Or at least as you focus more on what you want to do you learn what you NEED to do. I'll be honest I still am not sure how to do my taxes, or even go about finding the right auto insurance. As a kid you think this is just stuff that adults just know, but speaking as an adult now well...all I can say is I wish I knew. And in

the end this is not meant to be a rant of how crappy college is, or about how depressing I find college, for the most part in fact I see it as a great learning experience. It's just that I must also admit, that when your mind is forced to stare at pictures of sand for an hour and 35 minutes, your mind tends to wander at least just a bit into these sorts of thoughts.