Missouri College Creates Mandatory Patriotic Education Freshman Course

PortlandPledgeHazers7 years ago

Low-leveled general education credits are infinitely more difficult and monotonous than major-specific courses. While I have passed all of my major classes with ease, it is always classes like Anthropology 1010 that torpedo my GPA. The mandatory attendance, uninteresting lectures, and general lack of application to any normal person’s life make such classes the bane of my existence. Luckily, one school has moved away from these types of classes and in turn created perhaps the only acceptable required course in the history of higher education.

From Bloomberg:

An evangelical Christian college in Missouri is now requiring all freshmen to take a class aimed at encouraging patriotism.

The College of the Ozarks has unveiled a military science class called Patriotic Education and Fitness. The course aims to educate students on modern military customs, U.S. politics and flag protocol. It will also teach rifle marksmanship, map reading and rope knotting.

The college held an event Monday to introduce the new course.

College President Jerry Davis says patriotic education “must be taught, it must be modeled and it must be emphasized.”

While I am a strong proponent of skipping class for nearly every reason under the sun, this class is different. This is one required class which I would have a perfect attendance grade in all while sitting front and center every damn day. And don’t think for a second that Jerry Davis, the school’s president, will let a single absence go unnoticed. Skip Patriotic Education and Fitness just once and, in the words of Toby Keith, “We’ll put a boot in your ass, it’s the American way.” .

[Via Bloomberg]