Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
Because I expect "college" in general to result in excellent communication skills-- no matter the major.

Agreed.


While I feel that this is somewhat grotesque, to say the least, in a society which requires every bit as much literacy as it did prior to the internet, I can't change that fact.

Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
Math is valued because too few people can do it well.

True. And it's quite unfortunate that one reason for the dearth of mathy people is that the people who teach it in our schools (and dthe textbooks they use) do such a poor job.