Reply #23: That is what they will do.

[murielm99]

Those remedial classes that many colleges, especially community colleges offer, will be filled to the max. Those are non-credit classes, too.

I don't think that is all bad. Some people, especially those who went to poor high schools, need those classes. At our community college, I see those classes filled with jocks. I know the basketball coach over there. He makes sure his boys take those classes when they need them, and that they do their homework. I think it is great that some of them are learning some study skills and some substance for the first time.

About ten years ago, I took a couple of those classes. I wanted to take the GRE and attend grad school. It had been twenty or more years since I had high school math. I took two refresher courses. It was a great help to me, and I actually enjoyed them.

However, I do agree that UW and other schools will not look highly on grads who do not do math and English. They can still require those subjects for admission, and they should! It may be the way to keep Walker and his cronies in line. Do not lower your standards, UW!

Walker is so anti-intellectual. I think he had a bad time in college, and he was too dumb to compete academically. That is why he has a bug up his ass about education.