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<blockquote data-quote="WaterBottle" data-source="post: 1452352" data-attributes="member: 19226">College would be much more worthwhile if:1. They dropped gen ed requirements. Seriously if I'm paying for a degree in computer science why do I need to take a history class? High school is the place for those gen ed classes, college shouod be purely about a speciality.2. You should be able to test out of all classes. Whether that means its a lengthy comprehensive exam or some type of practical project, I shouldn't have to pay for a course in &quot;intro to web design&quot; if I already know web design. Let me pay a fee, take a test, and get the credits.3. All textbooks should be open source. In this day and age there are very few subjects that do not have valuable open source textbook options. It's ridiculous for professors to require $200 books just because it'a the new years edition. Calculus hasn't changed in how long? Then why the heck do I need to purchase the 2021 calculus book instead of the super cheap 2019 one? 4. Speaking of textbooks, and assuming the college receives any favorable government aid, any textbooks (and the class syllabus) required for a class should have to be provided for free to the local public library (maybe at a ratio of 1 book for every 20 students enrolled in the class or something). This enables my point #2 to be more powerful: i can read the syllabus for the class and study on my own time at the local library and then test out of the class.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WaterBottle, post: 1452352, member: 19226"] College would be much more worthwhile if: 1. They dropped gen ed requirements. Seriously if I'm paying for a degree in computer science why do I need to take a history class? High school is the place for those gen ed classes, college shouod be purely about a speciality. 2. You should be able to test out of all classes. Whether that means its a lengthy comprehensive exam or some type of practical project, I shouldn't have to pay for a course in "intro to web design" if I already know web design. Let me pay a fee, take a test, and get the credits. 3. All textbooks should be open source. In this day and age there are very few subjects that do not have valuable open source textbook options. It's ridiculous for professors to require $200 books just because it'a the new years edition. Calculus hasn't changed in how long? Then why the heck do I need to purchase the 2021 calculus book instead of the super cheap 2019 one? 4. Speaking of textbooks, and assuming the college receives any favorable government aid, any textbooks (and the class syllabus) required for a class should have to be provided for free to the local public library (maybe at a ratio of 1 book for every 20 students enrolled in the class or something). This enables my point #2 to be more powerful: i can read the syllabus for the class and study on my own time at the local library and then test out of the class. [/QUOTE]

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