And what that does is dumb classes down for the kids that are prepared. College in the US has basically become 13th grade becuase so many kids are not taught what they need to be taught in school. They are taught to pass standardized tests for school rankings. They are not taught critical reasoning.
Look, I was a public school kid, and I think public schools are very, very important, but they also fail two kinds of students. Those that are incredibly bright, and those that need extra help. Some kids are not meant to go to college, and that should be ok. As it is, some of those kids from Iraan have no business sitting in a classroom at UT until their critical thinking and problem solving skills are better. That is what community college is for, and I think that is a route that more and more kids should take. Donot use 4 year universities as your college prep and fuck up what other people experience.
Look, I went to a private University. We were required to take 60 hours of core classes, including world religions, lit, philosophy, history, math, and science, no matter what your major was. Some of those classes, like intro to philosophy, were so painful, I was ok to take a lower grade than I had earned just to not have to listen to some of those morons in the class.