<p>I have a diametrically opposed view to drama mom about the availability of general education classes in college vs. on your own. There is only one opportunity in life to get an undergraduate education, when you are in a classroom learning with your peers – and by that I mean age and intellectual level. Yes, there are continuing education courses one can always take, but having taken some myself, the demands in terms of rigor and expectations for learning and achievement are so below a college course. You can take in knowledge, but you are not being required to produce the way a college course requires you to, so in my opinion, the thinking and writing skills are not being honed the way they would be in a college classroom, and those are abilities that carry one forward in life. A well-trained mind is one that has the flexibility to adapt and grow throughout the course of a life.</p>