<p>Hiko, I am a social science major who has only taken the most general of science courses to complete my GEs. I am so glad my school made me do them because I probably would have never thought to take them on my own. The point of being required to take classes outside your major is to broaden your mind and help you see the world differently, in other words, to educate you. We cannot become experts in everything, but we can at least develop an appreciation for subjects not our own. </p>
<p>And, unlike grade school, professors do not have their own classrooms or labs. The same room may be used by as many as 10 different classes a day, and it is only courteous to clean up your stuff so the students in there after you don’t get hurt and have a clean working environment, just as you would want the person before you to clean up after himself. </p>
<p>Just out of curiousity, did the teachers at your high school wash acids off of glassware with their bare hands?</p>