Agree with so much. I faltered in college because of my general education classes the first year and almost dropped out. It wasn't till I got into the harder more specialized classes and into my actual program that I found passion for the process. Went from a C-B student to a B-A student

Many friends and family looked at me like I was the "dumb" kid or whatever because I wasn't doing well my first year, known to smoke weed, and took time off to work.

After receiving my STEM degree, now my job requires much more critical thinking and technical skill than they could handle, and I don't have much debt because I went to a community college. Screw those gen ed classes!