why is this system so unfair?

Prothero
Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:46:39 +0000

I laughed earlier in the thread but I think I need to agree with the OP on saying the system is pretty unfair. I mean, we go to high school having no idea what we want to do, then we go to college pretty much having no idea what we want to do, yet one screw up will preclude you from so many doors. It’s like we need to decide on a specialization in 8th grade and plan out our entire life from there, or decide we are going to grad school in order to get perfect grades and participate in everything.

Not only that, but grades are complete BS. What if we have one bad semester and get a few F’s? There goes your GPA and it will haunt you for the rest of your life. What if general courses are boring and then all of a sudden you get interested in your major courses? Too bad, your GPA is too low. What if you switch from engineering to the easier majors? Too bad, you’re just a lazy screw up. What if you’re having family issues and need to withdraw from courses? There goes your scholarship.

If there’s one thing I hate in the world it is bureaucracies and the education system at the moment is like navigating through a monster bureaucracy.