Damn you came right out of /r/iamverysmart

You are not a superior human for knowing more about history. History (and most subjects) as a part of secondary education does not go very deep, and they don't have to either. The US is more educated than ever, your doomer claims about a deep knowledge of history being essential are completely baseless.

You don’t think knowing how the human body functions, the makeup of the things you consume, or how objects around you operate is important? Why are you even in college? You seem to very clearly be advocating for less education. It also seems like you approach school as more to learn, but something to get through and not retain the information.

You listed surface level concepts which is literally what I said, you're only arguing here for the sake of arguing. I don't know how you came to the conclusion that I'm somehow advocating for less education.

but something to get through and not retain the information.

For college, yes. Look at IT programs as an example, you can learn more practical knowledge by studying/taking certs online in a year than you will by completing an IT degree, yet not having a degree can severely limit your career options. It's also a complete scam to force millions of Americans into debt (or waste their parent's money) and waste years of their time by making them take 4-year programs when a lot of majors could easily be completed in 2-3 years.

You’ve exhibited very clearly how going to college does not in any way make you smart, or even educated. I take that back, you’re educated, you just wasted the process. You were taught you just didn’t make any use of what you were taught.

College has never been about being smart, it's about determination. Anybody can push through a major if they put in the effort, nobody is a special snowflake for getting a degree, including you. The vast majority of students in the US don't attend college for the sake of learning or "expanding their horizons", they do it so they can get a good-paying job. Most people don't have the privilege of paying $100,000 just to learn.

It does to a wide degree, there a certain things high schools in the US MUST TEACH to be certified and the diplomas they give out to be valid.

This is such a cop-out lmfao. You said that high schools HAVE to teach 4 years of history "if you want to go to college", which is just plain wrong, there's no way around it.

Here is what AZ requires for high school, which is exactly what I went through.

https://azsbe.az.gov/resources/graduation-requirements

"Three credits in social studies to include one credit of American history, including: Arizona history; one credit of world history/geography; one-half credit of American government, including Arizona government; and one-half credit of economics."

You’re right, you should accept it. I’m sure you’re accustomed to it at this point.

Lmao how can you actually say this when you made up total bullshit for the sake of wanting to be right?

Wow, this is just amazing. Do you really not know what irony is? You just said, there’s no value in knowing anything other than high school Chem, physics, bio, and history...as a college student.

Yes.

I didn't give a shit about chem, physics, or bio in high school, why would I take those courses in college when I don't need them and don't like them? I'm not going to be any better of a person for taking CHM or PHY I and II instead of science courses that I actually enjoyed, and I don't think less of my peers that didn't opt to take a history course for one of their GE/liberal arts requirements.

Should I think they're uneducated pigs for daring to take courses they thought were more interesting instead of world history?