Thursday, October 21, 2010

Schoolyard Bullshit

Okay, I realize it's been a long ass time since I posted on here but that is because I usually have enough time between the fury triggering event and my access to a computer to calm down. This time however, the rage is not subsiding and more than likely won't anytime soon.

I have recently discovered a fatal flaw in the college program I am enrolled in. I am taking a computer hardware/networking course which in case you are unaware has abso-fucking-lutely nothing to do with computer programming since I will never at any point need to sit down and write my own program to do something that no one has ever had the need for before. The problem is that thanks to a bunch of fucking whiners who don't know what they want to do with their lives before they drop $4000 on a year of college complained that they wanted to switch between a programming major and hardware major.

Thanks to these fuckholes every single person who enrolls in either of those programs has to take both the hardware and programming classes for the first semester. That sounds good at first. Until you think about the fact that the people who take hardware courses are doing to because they don't know fuck all about programming. Once again, not really a problem if you are in a class to teach programming to people for the very first time. The issue is that the class is "introduction to professional programming. Which assumes you already know about programming and are comfortable with it. So the textbook and teacher assume you don't need a lot of guidance and just tell you how to fancy up your work and properly document it. You do get a giant reference manual to look at, which again assumes YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!!

What we have here is a case of sacrificing the many for the benefit of the few. I have not heard of a single person so far who has started as a programmer and decided to switch, or visa versa. This is one of the single worst ideas I have ever come across. It is a tremendous waste of time, since 90% of the people involved will never use the shit they learn ever again. It is also a waste of money, since they need teachers who could be using their time for actual constructive purposes. This doesn't benefit anybody, especially since if you want to see what programming is like you are allowed to sit in on classes even if you aren't enrolled in that program. So there is literally no need for this type of setup. The common first semester just wastes everybody's time and energy. If you are too retarded to make up your mind what you want to do with your life before you pay thousands of dollars on education, your teachers should have held you back several times.....in fucking kindergarten, you bunch of douchecakes.

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