I tried and found that there is virtually no negotiating with requirements, even if some are or seem silly. For example, Clark required that students take “science perspective.” In studying my schedule and options, I figured that astronomy was the easiest way out. Considering how useless astronomy looked, I decided to petition the Dean of Students to be excused from it so I could take better classes, arguing that I’d taken real science classes in high school and that I could be more productively engaged elsewhere. The answer came quickly: “no.”
Considering how useless astronomy looked in the context of taking it merely to fulfill a requirement of limited utility, I didn't especially want to take it, but I took it, fulfilled the requirement, and continued.
Astronomy is a lovely subject, like many subjects, but it's not one that I desperately wanted to learn about then, and the class was mostly a waste.
I noticed that too. I'm sure you could have found a more interesting (to you) way to get that credit - but then again, errare humanum est and I've certainly made my own share of mistakes.
I tried and found that there is virtually no negotiating with requirements, even if some are or seem silly. For example, Clark required that students take “science perspective.” In studying my schedule and options, I figured that astronomy was the easiest way out. Considering how useless astronomy looked, I decided to petition the Dean of Students to be excused from it so I could take better classes, arguing that I’d taken real science classes in high school and that I could be more productively engaged elsewhere. The answer came quickly: “no.”
Considering how useless astronomy looked in the context of taking it merely to fulfill a requirement of limited utility, I didn't especially want to take it, but I took it, fulfilled the requirement, and continued.
Astronomy is a lovely subject, like many subjects, but it's not one that I desperately wanted to learn about then, and the class was mostly a waste.