There isn't a system invented in the history of man that is perfect (except, maybe, Chipotle). I'm being 100 percent serious. In general, nothing is perfect. I decided to make a list of the top five most inconvenient things plaguing the college atmosphere. Ready? Let's rant.
1. We have to buy scan-trons.
Most things on this planet that cost less than $5 are at some sort of convenience to me. A $2 drink out of a vending machine? Maybe an over-priced six-pack at a properly placed gas station. No matter the issue, there has never been a $0.25 mandatory purchase that has seemingly become the most ruthlessly inconvenient buy in my life. Why can't the administration raise my fees by the whopping $1 to cover the cost for the tests I have to take? We have the RAC for a reason. I don't need to be seen running across the pedestrian to obtain a meaningless piece of paper for a test I was going to fail, anyway. This system makes no sense, and it's a waste of time.
2. Why are parking passes a thing.
I understand the necessity of having a properly organized system of transportation finesse. Even when it comes to Sunday mass -- I don't care how religious you are -- the parking lot after service is every man for himself. So let's take that into play when creating a system for the collegiate parking plan. Why aren't we organized by major for our passes? We have designated colleges with their own localized parking spaces. I honestly think tuition should include the extra $150 to $200 extension so that on a "first come, first serve" (maybe even by seniority?) basis students could handle their own parking appetite without having to worry where they're going to find the triple digit deficit to our already light pocket book.
3. No promise of a job.
Self explanatory -- even if we blow the tens of thousands of dollars we can completely end up homeless, still.
4. Even with my top dollar, there's still a chance your professor could suck.
Honestly, do recruiters not even check ratemyprofessors.com? I'm mind-blown that we can actually get placed with professors that have a lower score than my BAC and that don't even speak English. How can I learn collegiate level calculus if I need to take a foreign language class to even participate.
5. Why is attendance required?
"If you miss four classes you automatically fail the course?" Oh, really? Sometimes things happen outside of school. I don't speak for every syllabus, but I know more than a handful of people who were averaging fantastic grades, but for whatever reason, their tuition money spent and great intellect had no proper offense when it came to missing a small amount of classes. If someone can handle a part time job, pay their tuition, get good grades, teach themselves, and make it to every test they deserve the grade. Period.
