It Was A Bump In College

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Have you ever heard the saying, “It was a bump in the road”? These speed bumps can make people in cars go two different directions. Either it sends them careening off the road, or they go over it and keep moving forward (Reed). For college students, this bump is prerequisite classes. Each year, college freshman students are eager to begin their next journey involving their education while being free of the high school guidelines. This excitement comprises of finally being able to select specific classes they are interested in. Their enthusiasm ends short when students see a gate in from of those classes blocking their path. Computer Science majors will find out they need to pass a history class, English majors have to complete a math course, and Accounting majors will need to endure an entire science lab (Cohn). Flashing back to those dreadful and uninteresting hours spent in high …show more content…

The president of Complete College America said, “we think we are doing them a favor by letting them explore without guidance, but we’re really steering them away from success” (Kolodner). Generally, a major will require about 120 credits to complete. When you do the math, students will need to take an average of 15 credits each semester to even complete that amount during the four years (Kolodner). One of the reasons why many students find it impossible to finish college in four years is because of these useless prerequisite requirements they need to accomplish the first two years. Added onto all of the other stress that comes with college, students cram their schedule to make this a little more possible. But what comes with cramming also come forgetting material that you might have learned during that time. In Alyssa Pracz view, “It would be much easier to do this if the four years and thousands of dollars were spent cultivating skills that are essential to the student’s ability to pursue his or her intended career

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