I found it funny when I heard negative feedback from fellow students about this class, whom haven't even taken this class yet. They were complaining that they shouldn't have to pay to tell the school what they think about the school. What these misinformed students do not realize is EVERY college has a version of this class, and the Art Institute is unique in that it caters your general education courses to your degree. In addition, they also don't realize that when you progress through a school at an accelerated rate, you don't always have the time to stop and look back in awe; as to what those classes did for you. I seriously doubt Purdue had their future astronauts take a math final that was strictly related to astro physics and nothing else. When I took my math final, at the Art Institute, it was completely tailored to the culinary arts through catering; utilizing multiple mathematical formulas.
I am excited to engage in this class, while I mold and shape my culinary character to the next level. As I mentioned previously, I have not had the opportunity to fully apply how the general education classes have seperated me from the herd in a positive light. I do know that, because of them, I am not just leaving this school a certified cook, but instead a future CHEF with a BACHELORS OF SCIENCE IN CULINARY ARTS!!!!!!!!
Steven,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that people should not knock something until they try it. I have always appreciated that this school not only prepares me to be a chef but caters to my other culinary needs as well.
Steven,
ReplyDeleteAs you point out, a bachelor's degree is designed to develop life as well as career skills in students. It can be a tough balance between taking classes for an anticipated career and taking classes that sharpen skills for that career and the life that goes with it. General Education classes in a bachelor's degree program aim to do the latter: addressing a student's life as well as the anticipated career.