Ed, You raise a good point about relevancy for students. I teach a gen ed required course as well. The students have to pass it to receive their state certification. They view the course as a hurdle to jump, climb over, crawl under or somehow survive and pass. Taking the approach that you do I try to show them how the course content has every day applications and can actually help them in life. Some get it and others just grind through it. Makes me sad with the latter bunch since I enjoy teaching the content a lot and have a lot of fun with my students via the activities we do. So I concentrate on those that are engaged and enjoy my time with them while I am trying to bring along my other group so they see relevancy as well. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.