Will I make this semester or finally get thrown out?

final thoughts...

I am not certain where Erwin attends school, but I am assuming that he is quite restricted in what types of courses he can take. At a university, I was able to, after completing a year or so of general studies required by all degrees, I was able to discover anothr discipline that suited me more. I admit that there are not many choices available to someone with an English degree, and I will probably get back into computers afterwards(IT or something). I just had options open to me that played into my strengths. Erwin, I don't know how old you are. Just recently out of high school? If so, don't sweat it too much. But remember, if you choose to do something you don't like, you will be miserable later on in life. Like I said before, go with your strengths. P.S. I can totally relate to wanting to do CS, yet not being able to deal with all of the advanced mathematics.

I've got about a year more to go. A Computer Science degree wouldn't be so pain-stakingly boring if I didn't have to take courses I really wouldn't need in the real world. My school does require all students to take liberal arts courses as part of the 120 credits required to graduate.

120 credits...

I also need 120 credits for a degree. But there are a pile of courses I have had to take as requirements for the degree. It's part of becoming a well-rounded graduate, I guess. They want you to be able to read and write as well as fiddle with progamming and stuff. It really sucks, but that is the way it is....
I hear where you are coming from though.

the importance of doing general studies..

i think it's just a part of being in college (not a technical school/college). they make you learn everything from social studies to your major course and PE. it is a pain, i have to agree. actually, i don't mind studying about a lot of things, but doing exams, projects, and exams are NOT fun.
anyway, i've come to see a bit of a use in this kind of learning.. it enables you to be able to learn anything you need later in your working career. lets say, you want to produce some good comp games. if you really want to be big in the project, not just a programmer, but the producer, then you have to have a vast variety of knowledge. maybe some architecture, art, music, blah blah blah. even my all time favorite HISTORY :evil: !the working life isn't so linear, i imagine, especially if you want to be BIG. let's say you're a CEO of a comp company. you'll need man management skills, some psychology perhaps, definitely knowledge on the market and economics, and of course, computing.
my mom, who's a doctor, now has read books on man magement, and economics nowadays.
you really can't limit your life dedictaed to the field you studied in. what if you get transfered to some strange country? then you'll be flipping your old social science books on culture to really understand the natives and work with them comfortably. i'm presuming you're sth BIG here, at least with some people under your command and have to have a good social image. don't think that being a boss is all that easy. it's not just scolding at your employees and force them to do what you want. the better they are, the less they're gonna tolerate with it. and you'll end up with some useless bunch of employees who cannot think on their own.
ok, so now lets say your not BIG. you're just some employee that gets fired (admit it, it may happen). so what're you gonna do? oh no. all you did in college was 20 computing courses.. you can't be a salesman, for you can't talk properly. you can't open your own shop for you don't know one bit about the law or the economic. you don't know what it takes to set up a store (selling computers, lets say).
i'm not saying that you NEED to get these knowledge/skill from college. but if you've studied through these general studies in college, it makes you a better learner, for a life time. of course, if you've got them out of college, then it's an advantage. but even if you don't, then you could still learn it with ease (compared to not having any basics at all), IMO.

actually, it also lets you make friends with people in different fields. what's so important about that? well, just like i said, what if you get fired and there's no job in your field?
just think about it.

You hit it on the head...

I totally agree with AI Hate. While some of those'crap' course seem like....well, like crap...right now, you will eventually have to draw on all of your knowledge later on in the workforce. You never know when some of those 'crap' courses will come in handy. Enjoy college: it's a jungle out there when you are done.