It’s free unfortunately, in fact they got rid of late fees so it’s the most free it’s ever been

Sorry if that’s a deal breaker

You may not need advanced maths or chemistry knowledge in your profession, but you WILL be encounter challenging problems outside your immediate field of study and be required to teach yourself enough about them to make a judgment. The hoops are the point. Life is full all hoops to jump.

education isn't only about job skills. It's about becoming a well rounded citizen who understands and contributes to the world.

Poetry class is empathy class, and yes, you need that.

Because your brain is designed to grow like a whole human being’s, not like a gadget that only does victim advocacy

As it turns out, the reason you have to learn things like balancing electrons has only a very little to do with chemistry. The curriculum is about learning how to solve a varied set of problems. Which, given your chosen major, is actually super important. Comp is similar to successful legal writing.

Learning to perform outside your comfort zone is an important & useful life skill that can be applied to many areas in your life.

I'm sorry someone narrowed your potential for joy and curiosity so much that learning about poetry became a chore. Try to look at possibilities beyond the cynical hyper-capitalist present, and think of the things that have meaning in your humanity - friends, art, music etc. Education leads to more!

Counterpoint: My dad hired mathematicians to do reactor shielding design. He said the best candidates came from small liberal arts colleges, because they had a more-general education. The ones with more specialized educations couldn't find creative solutions or see defects in their own analyses.