Letters to the Editor
Advice to Cucher: It's time to stay awake in class
Daniel Cucher's April 11 commentary, "General Education Reform Now!" reflects a student that is not interested in learning more than it promotes his opinions on the general education's need for improvement. For example, I find his view on NATS 101 curriculum nearly idiotic. He claims that "Remote Sensing in Geological Information Systems should not be required." If he had been paying ANY attention whatsoever in his NATS 101 lecture, he would have known that Remote Sensing and GEOGRAPHIC (not Geologic) Information Systems are two separate fields. In fact, these two fields are very applicable to everyday life and not limited to the scope of natural sciences. My advice for him is to stay awake next time, and he just might benefit from class.
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