My college required that you take courses in a variety of areas - can't remember what they were called at the moment. It meant that the science people had to take history and literature, the English majors had to take a science or math, everyone had to take the equivalent of four years of languages (or test out of them) and there was a freshman-year mandatory English/writing course. Most of us hated that, but I was grateful for it - it taught me how to write straightforward prose.
The one thing everyone hated that was required by the state was P.E.
Timelies all!
I don't remember what my college required(though I'm sure there were some requirements), but PE was not one. Good thing that...
OTOH, I am in favor of required courses/fields outside one's major. on the other, I have seen cases where the requirements are so narrowly defined that one is forced to take an extra semester to get credit for that Freshman writing course that you took as a freshman but has changed since then and now the course you took doesn't count. For example.
ETA: we were required to take a "Physical Fitness for Life" class and either a swimming class or pass the swim test. There was also a weird deal where we had to take so many PE classes but the credits didn't count towards the credits we needed to graduate. I took several semesters of ballroom dance for that requirement, though, which I enjoyed very much.
I was crap at Physics, but I'm glad I took it anyway. But a (former) Liberal Arts major is probably the wrong person to ask. A Liberal Arts degree is all about hitting all the topics.
Is anyone suggesting to this friend that she might look at local community colleges for cheaper ways to get the credits, or at least the lower-division stuff?
My college required two semesters of PE, in my case Archery and Ballroom Dance. (Well, the first may yet get some use if civilization collapses...)
I definitely think it's a good idea to have some required amount of electives outside the basics and one's major. Universities are supposed to be helping people become better educated, more well-rounded individuals, not just training them for a career.
Anyone have experience taking a CPAP machine through security/customs?
I have taken my CPAP to Vegas twice, and security has never mentioned it. I put it in my suitcase with the hose and facemask and send it all through the X-ray.
I took this morning off to go deal with the bank, and less than a block from my place the Alternator light came on and the battery charging indicator started sinking. Fortunately, the route I was taking went past my car repair place, so I pulled in there. Seems my alternator was completely gone, and the techs praised my observation skills in getting that dealt with before I was stranded somewhere. Also, the alternator was still under warranty, so all I had to pay for was labor. Apparently after-market alternators are only good for a couple of years. Yay.
Still, that took all morning, so I didn't get to the bank until I should have been back at work for the afternoon shift, so I called in and said I was having to take the day. After all that, the person at the bank was the same man I saw on Saturday, and once I mentioned the check and the deposit discrepancy, he said, "Oh, yes, I saw that, and I fixed that." He showed me the revised deposits, but that still seems like something he might have called about. I think they have my phone number.
Strictly speaking, I could have gone to work anyway, but since I had the time I went to my pharmacy to get some refills. At the pharmacy desk there in the supermarket, something odd on the nearby condom/pregnancy test shelf caught my eye. Little vibrators. Trojan now makes vibrators. I can buy vibrators at the supermarket in one of the more conservative towns in Utah. Though I think I would take that through the self-checkout line.
Food stuck in your teeth? This narwhal will help!
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That sounds like a highly effective day, Connie!
That narwhal is adorable.
Please, for the love of god, make science majors take writing courses. And research& analysis skills are research& analysis skills, no matter the topic ( and if an unfamiliar topic, keeps you from using your field as a crutch.)
(Yeah, I got a physics and polisci double, but that damn art history requirement stretched my rhetoric game & certainly gave me more feminist powder.and it wasn't even a feminist oriented class.)
Flight home attempt #2. I am SO ready to be a hermit. The last two days at my dad's have been stressful. The meds thing, the lack of privacy thing, the wanting MY bed thing, missing my coworkers, my shower, my car...I am beyond cranky.
