I understand the sympathies of those last two individuals. College is becoming more about what major can land you the big bucks rather than education. Thus, things like engineering and the sciences are more heavily emphasized.
I do feel that this is a correct move. It is seemingly a good way to prevent engineering from draining all of the school's resources. At the school I go to, the sciences use labs that cost multiples of millions of dollars, while many of the other disciplines struggle to higher enough teaching assistants.
Since when does a school have a right to tell parents what type of software to use? If you're e-mailing papers, that's understandable, but I'm sure there's plenty of free software out there that'll help convert your files. Why should a parent have to spend more than a hundred dollars at the whim of a high school?
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I understand the sympathies of those last two individuals. College is becoming more about what major can land you the big bucks rather than education. Thus, things like engineering and the sciences are more heavily emphasized. I do feel that this is a correct move. It is seemingly a good way to prevent engineering from draining all of the school's resources. At the school I go to, the sciences use labs that cost multiples of millions of dollars, while many of the other disciplines struggle to higher enough teaching assistants.
Since when does a school have a right to tell parents what type of software to use? If you're e-mailing papers, that's understandable, but I'm sure there's plenty of free software out there that'll help convert your files. Why should a parent have to spend more than a hundred dollars at the whim of a high school?