I can't stand the intellectual/education community

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Yes, those professors who are so smart and know everything. And they think their own class is so important that it doesn't matter that we have other classes to attend and do work for. Oooh, American poetry is so relevant to my life, and in fact so relevant I have to be forced to do it.

Yes, a formalized education system is necessary for society to function. But for aspies and gifted people, such as myself, school is the devil. I would learn so much more if they weren't making me do it. If my motivation was represented by a car engine I would be running on fumes right now, just trying to coast until I find a gas station. Good thing this disdain is only coming to the extreme form it is in now, rather than earlier on in my educaition. I have exams to do and one more semester. I just hope I can coast until then.

just dont go to a humanitarian college (where they make you get a rounded education with science, math, art, history and blah blah)... kinda hard though, cause most are...

there are other things though...

what DO you want to study?

Eh, I know it feels like the class is utterly worthless now while you're taking it, but it doesn't mean that you will always feel that way in the future. You'll never know how all these breadth classes will contribute to your worldview later on.

While an undergrad, I took breadth classes in non-Judeo-Christian/Muslim religions, sociocultural anthropology, politics and socioeconomics of East Asia, and music theory. I remember a lot of times I was like, "these classes are just bullsh!t," and I didn't really want to put much effort into them. 2 of the 4 classes I mentioned above I took pass/no pass instead of a letter grade, because I didn't want my lack of desire to put too much effort into these classes to kill my GPA. Nonetheless I did sufficient work in all of those classes to get at least a B grade in them.

Looking back, I can see how all four of those classes have contributed to my life, how they've helped shape my worldview and increased my understanding of my surroundings on a global scale. I don't use any of the material from these classes at the workplace currently (I was a chemistry and genetics double major, and I do science stuff now), but I can read BBC news about world events and understand what goes on outside of what I do and see on a regular basis. I use the music theory material when I listen to music, as well as to enhance my musicality when I dance. The Eastern religions exposure (particularly Buddhism and others) has helped me to handle many problems I've encountered so far in life. It's great that I've had some exposure to fields that I would otherwise know nothing about, had I not taken the classes.

Oftentimes we as Aspies dislike something when it's our first encounter with it. Otherwise we wouldn't be so locked into routines. However, wait a few years. In a different environment (not college breadth class), when the second exposure arises, the topic won't nearly be as repulsive as it was the first time around, and you'll be glad that you had that first exposure at all.

As for the feeling that professors don't recognize that students are taking other classes, well... yeah, they do know that you are taking other classes. Welcome to college life! It's a ton of work and it's not easy, but intentionally so. It's designed to push your limits, to really test your personality and intellect and determination, like an intellectual boot camp. It's only when you push yourself outside of your comfort zone, are you going to be able to see what your own limits are, and whether you can exceed your own expectations. When it's all said and done, you won't be the same person graduating as you were as an entering freshman.

I think that liberal arts schools tend to allow more academic freedom than most and could have theology, philosophy and politics. I dunno, I don't know many professors to be honest.

I did all my best learning outside the class, on my own time, and I got straight A's. There's something wrong with the educational system (stop the presses). Everybody has something they're interested in, but the system may never touch on that thing, and certainly not on Tuesday morning at 10:30 which is when we do Whatever.

And what if your own learning is outside? My nephew went camping with his buddy every weekend. They were on their own, big thrill at that age. He learned so much geography, geology, botany, astronomy - more than a school could teach.

School leaches the joy out of learning. Face it - the natural sensation of learning comes right after "Guess what!"

I have no solution, except for home schooling right through PhD. Otherwise, try not to let them kill too much joy.