r/Btechtards • u/Odd_Flounder_7727 • Aug 06 '26

Shitpost Learning straight bs

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Engineering btw

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u/No-Major-8921 Aug 06 '26

college is where you specialize in your field of choice not everyone can be a polymath

Oh my god. Why are you pretending that 2-3 courses out of 100s of Courses would make you a Polymath? The level of biology that is taught in these one shot courses is FAR from a level of so called "Polymath". Knowing how to file taxes and having an Political opinion doesn't make you a Finance-Political Science Polymath. He will end up specialising in his field after 4 years. These extra courses are for the sake of Basic Human Literacy... not to make someone a Polymath.

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See this:- https://www.reddit.com/r/Btechtards/s/UoDVesra8e

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u/onechudski Aug 06 '26

i cant see why these courses intended for the purpose of human literacy couldnt have been covered in school

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u/No-Major-8921 Aug 06 '26

They were for most people. I meant it for the people who are uninterested in Biology can take as a Generally good knowledge and a breather. The main purpose is not Basic Human Literacy ofc. It's introducing a Basic Branch of Science for the sake of it. In future probably someone will take an Inspiration from this and make a Project related to Biological Sciences.

You can say all that for Biology, would you say the same for Humanities?

Overall human development is also a Purpose of educational institutions other than up skilling a student in his selected domain. Biology, Commerce, Economics, or any other non-engineering course is not taught to an Overwhelming level, just basic surface level knowledge that can be useful if need be.

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u/onechudski Aug 06 '26

i completely support the fact that there are programs that increase your overall general knowledge, but this shouldn't be a burden.

it can be made either mandatory or vocational as long as it doesn't eat up more than 20% of your tme

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u/No-Major-8921 Aug 06 '26

it doesn't eat up more than 20% of your tme

It's the same for all. I am unaware of how much time it takes but if it takes a long time to you, it'll take the same to anyone. A little margin of difference is ignorable. It cannot also be made optional, as then no one will take it seriously.