So I've recently gone back to school to for social service work with intention of working in a youth shelter and I've really started to resent having to take an elective.
Basically the elective I'm in has no relation to the other stuff I'm taking and is fully asynchronous, so no class or lectures only readings and assignments. For me that's almost impossible because I have ADHD and some pretty serious executive dysfunction. It doesn't help that the elective has a way bigger workload.
Just wanna know if I'm not alone in feeling like this.
TBH, it sounds like the biggest problem there is that its an asynchronous class. I can kinda understand why these exist, but I hate them and I don't really learn in them either. I have no interest in classes that aren't in person.
But basically I think university needs to have more electives and more gen eds. The idea that college should be about a narrow education that qualifies you for one particular career is basically a neoliberal plot to destroy the university. People gotta learn about history and art and all sorts of other shit.
It does really suck with how are system is set up, where college is expensive as shit and basically a lot of people are there just to get the degree so they can get a job so they can get money, and we all need money. I get that. But I think universities should try to hold out as long as they can.