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by esyir 2798 days ago
Eh, I do see his point though. I've been in a similar situation myself due to a transfer once in the past where, due to university requirements, I had to take a module that I was uh, "overqualified" for to fulfill major requirements.

I don't quite agree with his overall conclusion that university education is pure compliance off of this one gripe though. Moreover, I do believe that many universities allow you to bypass certain module via a test / some other demonstration.

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> pure compliance off of this one gripe though

I don't think it is purely or even mostly based on compliance. I was responding to:

> How in the world does "being compliant to authority" contribute to university success

by indicating one way the compliance contributes to success.