Posted on 04/11/2015 4:25:35 AM PDT by real saxophonist
The existence of majors such as “Mexican-American Studies” is the main reason students in real courses of study, such as accounting, have such a hard time getting all their required coursework in.
What are we going to do? How is our country going to survive? Where can we turn for Mexican-American information in an emergency?
How about a major in wasted resources?
I had to take a Literature prereq for my Business major as mandatory. I complained to my Dean that unless I write poetry in my financial report, it’s totally useless. She wouldn’t hear of it.
My son took a Latin American literature course last semester. He’s a marketing major.
I had to take an ‘Africana Studies’ class at UNC, as a Music major.
Impressive. Even after four years of the program, only five graduates found related work. /sarc>
My son enjoys his history and literature classes, and nothing can be said to be totally irrelevant to Marketing, which ultimately is about people, of all different kinds. However, the institutional resources dedicated to “fluff studies” mean that there’s only one section of “Brand Development and Management” offered every two years ... and it was filled 11 seconds after registration opened.
These Lit classes were made into mandatory classes not because they want “well rounded” students or that BS but they’re filler classes due to the low graduation rates these majors actually have.
I agree. The classes would have very low attendance if they weren’t required for people in technical majors.
“The more than 50 students, faculty and staff members crowded into the Lindou Auditorium...”
Admin should’ve had a registration desk set up at the forum with a sign...
“Show your support for the Mexican-American major...register for classes NOW. Put your money where your mouth is.”
There are only two students enrolled in the major and they want to keep the expense anyway for their pride? They need to make some accounting, finance and economic courses a prerequisite for Mexican_American studies. Maybe then they may understand why not only can they afford to keep the major for two students, this country can’t afford all the illegals.
I did too, and I thought the same thing. Once I was in the class I got into it. Everyone knew I was an accounting major, the only one in that class as it was a Senior level class (only one available). They really were ticked off when I got a “gold star” (an A without taking a final).
Related matter of high school Spanish while they eliminate French and Latin. Our local school only has French and Spanish left. The Spanish class is mostly full of kids who are fluent already (if you get what I mean) with a few non Spanish speakers who couldn’t get into the full French class.
Colorado has American families of Mexican descent that were here before Colorado was a state. I suggest instead of a worthless degree folks just wander around a bit.
I took the Geography course up there. Best class ever. I also dated a Mexican-American girl from nearby LA Salle, who also worked at the Farmer's Inn restaurant. Yep, UNC had me covered...and well fed! :)
I'm guessing that Lindou Auditorium wouldn't have the room for a desk with "more than" fifty people having to crowd in as it is. (was?)
My problem isn’t with a Mexican-American studies major. My problem is with the single-digit IQs of the protesters who can’t fathom why a program with 2 participants is being dropped.
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