Well, to defend the undergrad system, I learned hugely from the history and political science classes I took. They lead me to examine people and their motives diferently and to see the limits in the explanations they offered. Thrue, I never became a German teacher, but I learned about the identity problems that come from dislocation, war, and how historically difficult it is to heal after your life has been pulled cataclysmically apart (regardless of utlimate responsiblility). I have found that to be utterly vital knowledge to the work I am doing now, half a world away, with children who never heard of the Holocaust, for example. Most mental health workers here don't get that breadth of education.