I have a lot of beef with the way the college system is set up, but my biggest beef is the dumbass classes they let us choose from for our electives. All colleges are different, but no matter where you go, your going to have to take about 5 classes that are electives and have nothing to do with your program.
The most common ones people take are communication, religion studies, geography, music studies, geology and other junk. Almost everyone ive ever known has taken an elective solely on the fact that they heard it was an easy A. You go to class, learn a couple interesting things, than forget about it.
What they need to do is have a class thats called Mind Fuck 101. The way it will work is like this: Everyday you come to class, one student will lead the class in discussion. There job will be to research the night before, and come up with one statement/sentence/paragraph that will make the class think and get involved in active discussion. They will write it on the board, and the entire class will be just talking about that. Each student will do this once maybe twice during the semester. This will account for 30% of your grade. 30% will come from you just participating in other people’s discussions.
The final 40% will come from your final. The teacher will bring in scientific professors, philosophy professors, and whoever might want to volunteer. Your job is simple: create a theory or statement that blows these professors minds. It can be about anything really, as long as the professors realize that you spent a lot of time thinking about it and researching it.
College elective classes are pointless and a huge waste of money. Every elective I ever took made me sleepy and bored. If this class existed, it would actually stimulate students mind. Not only that, but you might become so interested in one of the topics discussed, that you might choose to go into that field of study all together. ALSO, it will help one of the biggest issues college students have: speaking infront of an audiance. We are forced to speak infront of our peers, and most of the time its about something we care nothing about. BUT, in this class, you will be talking about a topic that you are passionate about. This will no doubtedly help people overcome the fear of public speaking, and that is one of the biggest skills you gain in college.
Im thinking about creating a proposal for this class and sending it to a college(ofcourse im not going to call it mind fuck 101). What do you think? Would you attend this class?
