General Education requirements in colleges are usually thought to students as a waste of time. The purpose of general education is there so everybody gets all the general aspects of education. Even if the major is Computer Science and all your required classes are Math related. For example, even if you need Math more than anything you still should take English for general reading and writing skills because it is needed for students overall skills. The purpose of public education is not to create unquestioning drones, but to create critical thinkers, and the General education requirement is important in this goal.
General education allows students to experience different types of classes and exposes them to new people and new situations which can help them outside of class. Social life depends on the student, if the student has friends or not also applies. If a student is an A student and uses most of their time studying and also puts time into partying and hanging out with friends, they will be fine within society outside of school. Whereas you have an A student that only studies and doesn’t use their spare time for anything else, they could be at risk outside of school, because they might not have the social skills and common sense they need to pass an interview, work in groups, move up in a career, and in effect they won’t be successful in life.
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