Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Durrr
What is with these UCLA math folks? Second letter:
In his letter to the editor on Jan. 11, Rodrigo Diaz de Viva called the diversity requirement "unnecessary." He also suggested it would be "sticking bored kids in a lecture hall to listen to things they don't care about." This assumption is offensive to students who are here to get a well-rounded education. It is also direct evidence that the diversity requirement is necessary, in that it shows how some students write off diversity as something not worth their time.
Uh... Okay, let's apply some mathematical logic, then.
Jamie Julin is saying that she is interested in taking diversity courses. Therefore, having her take a diversity course wouldn't be "sticking bored kids in a lecture hall to listen to things they don't care about." That's all fine and dandy, but then, if it's something she does care about, she can easily take it anyway, diversity requirement or no. The only people the diversity requirement would affect are those who wouldn't take the classes anyway, namely, the bored kids who don't care. Sorry, you fail.
I think "diversity" (i.e. classes which whine about white people and the like) is something not worth my time. That's evidence that a diversity requirement is necessary. Get it? I don't.
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