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I don't know about "interesting" or out of the norm, but Painting was a good class to take, simply for the fact that I didn't have to work so hard at motivating myself to paint, which used to involve finding space to paint, and always struggling to find the supplies I needed. The class was long, so I didn't feel rushed, and it was very small (only about 10 people total). It helped that my classmates weren't snobs, and that some were quite a lot older than me. I have a hard time enjoying classes comprised entirely of young people. I think everyone in the class benefited from the mix of young and old students.

I haven't taken any weird or particularly interesting classes, really. At Loyola I took Hinduism to fulfill some whack-ass requirement of theirs, and it was actually a decent class. I don't think I read a single book that I was supposed to read, but that was just because I was told at the beginning of the year that one could easily get through college without doing any serious reading as long as one attended the lectures. I got an A+ in the class. My advisor suggested that I take a course in Mass Media & Popular Culture, and while it had its perks, overall it was underwhelming and predictable. I felt like I had to think at a lower level than usual, because some people in the class were just clueless and had to have everything spelled out for them.

I was also taking a Community Radio Production class and dropped it. Really, taking that class was a bad decision. I was desperate because all of my first (and second) choices were unavailable.

When I transferred to community college, I started taking that Painting class, but I also had to take Speech (which was surprisingly enjoyable) as well as an American Lit class (which was good--I read a ton of short stories).

Basically, most classes will be decent enough if you make them that way. Speech could have kicked my ass, but I chose to do speeches that were fun for everyone involved, and therefore better than all of the other speeches. I don't think I had to do any research at all for any of them--I just talked about things that were familiar to me, like Hugh Grant being charming, or Willem Dafoe's filmography, or why everyone in class should visit my house. They all went over really well. My classmates actually looked forward to my speeches. Don't be the boring guy in class who does all of his speeches on car engines.

College seems to be pretty useless, but it's a great way to kill time if you don't want to work or if you have no real hobbies.