Sorry - no TLDR version.
I have just about finished getting my associate's degree at a community college and I am about to start my third year of schooling at a private university, with my major being criminal justice. Although I do not have very much experience at the moment, I must say that I am absolutely disgusted by the education system in this country.
The education system is overwhelmed with flaws and outdated rules and requirements that only seem to be in existence for the sake of an omnipotent policy. If there is some sort of implementation that makes little sense, the primary general response received is, "That's just the policy and the way it is."
In order to obtain a two year degree at the community college I was going to, for example, it is a requirement that all students take a class which teaches the basic usage of a computer. The class teaches things such as what a mouse is and how it works, what a keyboard is and how it works, how to open, close and minimize windows, and many other basic functions.
While I understood the reasoning for the requirement because I believe people should know how to use computers, I saw absolutely no reason to take the class myself since I am already quite experienced with computers. After telling this to my professor, her response was, "This is just policy and it's a requirement that you take the class." I asked her whether or not there was some sort of exam I could take to prove I knew whatever the class had to teach, and she simply said, "It's just policy and you are required to take the class."
So, because, "That's just the way it is," I spent over $500 and an entire semester for one college credit.
I have never been a math person, in addition, although I usually do fairly well in all other classes. When in high school, I always tended to have a problem with math. I failed such math courses twice even though I was able to do so well in the other courses. I had to repeat the courses in summer school, so when I finished three years of it I was completely relieved.
After an entire year with absolutely no math whatsoever since it was senior year, and because I despised it so much, I nearly completely forgot even the most basic of mathematics such as long division.
"Oh well," I figured, "I already passed the classes and I am not going to have anything to do with math in college so I'll be okay."
When I went to college, I took a placement test, and because I forgot nearly all that I learned, I was told, "You are required to repeat the three years of mathematics you took in high school." Thinking there was a way to avoid this, I contacted a counselor and stated, "I am not attempting to get a degree in general studies and I want my career to be with something in criminal justice. Surely there must be a way for me to take something else to replace the math courses like Logic."
"No," he said, "It's a requirement that you take the math courses."
I am wasting so much money for classes that sometimes don't give me any college credits at all. Secondly, I am wasting time learning about math instead of law enforcement. Lastly, I took three years of math and forgot it because I despise it, so logically, I am just going to take another three years of math simply to forget it all over again.
But, I guess writing this doesn't really do anything, and complaining doesn't really do anything either, because it's just policy and it's just the way it is.
Turtlecream
i think you went back in time and were in kindergarten 
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