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10173608 No.10173608 [Reply] [Original]

>to get a degree in an amerishart university you must take 2 classes in a foreign language

>> No.10173614

and yet here you are, posting in English

>> No.10173626

>>10173608
This is not required?
I mean, it was required to get into a university from highschool, but it's not to get a degree.

>> No.10173629

we have to take a bunch of retarded classes that aren't related to our degree

>> No.10173630

Still would rather take that then gender bullshit. At least language is useful.

>> No.10173659

>>10173608
i never had to take any foreign languages in undergrad. i did do AP latin though but i don’t think that made any difference

>> No.10173668

it's the same in my country, most degrees require English I and II

>> No.10173749

>>10173608
Only if you're a b.a. brainlet

>> No.10173798

>brainlet ameritards can barely learn their own language

>> No.10175312

Not true. I got my bachelor's in ME, and I never had to take a foreign language.

Stay mad euro cuck

>> No.10175336

>>10173626
It's required, you take it in highschool so you don't need it in college

>> No.10175369

>>10173608

it occurs to me that high school english classes and some college english classes are very poorly handled. the formal syntax, grammar rules, etc. of english are not given due consideration. most of these classes have a heavy focus on creative writing and basic comprehension skills, which anyone who has ever read more than a couple books in their lifetime will already possess.

>> No.10175373

>>10175369

ah, and the dreaded book report: "regurgitate this book in a few paragraphs".

that's productive.

>> No.10175375

>>10173608
You can take any humanities classes you want but you would need to be mentally ill if you want to take "Wαmyn Studies 188: The Inexorable Rapist in Every Man" and "African American Studies 420: Gib me ur house cracker! I be all in generational poverty from historical oppression, marginalization, and sheit" over "Japanese 105-106: Basic Japanese for Doujinshi Reading 1&2"

>> No.10175379

>>10175375
>"Wαmyn Studies 188: The Inexorable Rapist in Every Man" and "African American Studies 420: Gib me ur house cracker! I be all in generational poverty from historical oppression, marginalization, and sheit"

i shit you not, this is what one of my college english classes was like.

>> No.10175402

>>10175369
>formal syntax and grammar rules aren’t taught in English class

>> No.10175404

>>10173608
For a B.A. degree, sure

>> No.10175411

>>10175369
>>10175373
Gives pressure to actually read a book to gain the skills you commissioned about being trivial to learn. If you're going to take it, gives skills to quickly find information without reading an entire book. Also, give presentational skills even if it is purely in writing. Do you want people to just memorize a bunch of grammar they won't actually apply? Do you want people to know the difference between who and whom? I learn those things in a foreign language and easy to apply to English since you're given comparisons between the two.

>> No.10175415

>>10175402

they are but it often takes a backseat to the content of what we're reading, e.g. the themes, characters, etc. it's like taking a video game design class where you just playing video games and review them, and maybe make one or two small mods once in a while.

the language structure be the topic of discourse in any class entitled "english" or whatever other language.

>> No.10175420

>>10175415

>where you just playing video games
>the language structure be the topic

see, look at this shit. what have they been teaching us?

>> No.10175899

>tfw four semesters

>> No.10176391

>>10175899
I had to minor in a FL

>> No.10176478

>>10173608
That is for the retard tier "arts" version of a degree. You can get a BS or BA in some fields and the difference is they substitute the higher math courses for arts and languages. It basically just makes a bunch of super shitty scientists. It's a really good idea.

>> No.10177437

>>10176478
>You can get a BS or BA in some fields and the difference is they substitute the higher math courses for arts and languages

It depends a lot on the university.

>> No.10177499

>>10175375
I substituted my language classes for cultural classes. One was a comparative class on death and afterlife, the other was some weird class on geography. It turned out that was actually "cultural geography" and it was very sjw but I actually learned a lot about culture. The class was completely bs don't get me wrong, but some of the readings really did change my view. It was weird going from my regular science classes and then in the middle of the day have something like "so capetown is running out of water" and then leaving to take two buses to my next class.