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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What field and how does she feel about the Core?  [/quote]

What does any teen think of the Core? Whether excited for or fearful of it, they all just regurgitate something they read about it. :roll: Ooooh the Core... so broad, intense and demanding. Gimme a break, it's only undergrad. :roll:[/quote]

My kid had a strong opinion one way.  At the same age, I would also have had a strong opinion — the opposite one.

DC wanted a Core for two (or three) reasons:
Didn’t want to be in an environment where there were the STEM kids and the non-STEM kids and ne’er the twain shall meet. Wanted lots of kids who bridged both and to be in a situation where everyone was expected to be interested in/able to understand basics in other fields. Wanted to be broadly educated and to be in a college where that was encouraged/required rather than penalized. (sowouldn’t feel guilty about/like a slacker for taking an arts course rather than another elective within the major).

I would have thought “to hell with that — I’m tired of being forced to take some of everything. I want to focus on the subjects I like and ignore the rest and I don’t give a damn what my classmates are doing.  I’d rather be in courses with kids who are there by choice not because they are required to be.”[/quote]

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