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On the bright side I now recognize "gods" and "angels" readily. On the flipside I have more or less absolutely no reason to ever need to use these characters outside of translating DHE stuff.
That's what depresses me when I think "oh I'm going to learn this kanji because I always see it in video games." And then I look it up and it's apparently considered obscure and is only used in words like "beheading" and when would anyone ever be talking about that in a normal situation? THAT'S RIGHT NEVER. I'm actually pretty sure angel and god are more likely to be seen than some of the kanji I've thought about memorizing. :(
And about schoolland, mass production is bad. And I'm pretty sure half the general requirements for me at my university are things people already dealt with in elementary/middle/high school. It's not about building character (and it doesn't do that anyway, especially when everyone and their mother is bitter about the fact that they have to take these classes in this first place), it's more about them trying to make you stay longer for more moneys, and for some of the requirements they just want everyone to know that stuff. Like math. Too bad that's going off the assumption that people are actually going to remember this stuff for more than a month after they learn it if it isn't something that they frequently/can apply to their life.
If they made those classes free for people who haven't already fulfilled that part of their requirement I'd think it's totally okay. But as long as they force me to both take and pay for it I'll never be able to get over the fact that they were jerks who made me take two classes that they forced the wrong people to take (I'm pretty sure the reasoning was "you're homeschooled, this guy has ADHD and you guys all got terrible grades in high school. Let me babysit you for four hours a week and give you constant homework that will do nothing to help you in life or this 'subject' beyond your grade"). In addition to all those generals I'll have to take one day whenever I stop failing them/dropping them, of course.
ASH YOU SHOULD KNOW MY GRADES ARE STILL BASICALLY A A A A F A A F. That standardized testing knows what it's talking about!