skeeter2020 5 days ago

Of all the things a university graduate should possess this seems pretty far down the list, when the most common causes of death in this demo could be addressed: car accidents, suicide, homicide, drug overdoses and alcohol-related causes

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PopAlongKid 4 days ago | parent [-]

I don't think the point was death prevention, just as most other things taught at university were not primarily about death prevention.

	▲	ghaff 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		I'm also not sure what a class about not killing people including yourself looks like. Universities do often have psychiatric programs. But swimming seems a fairly basic PE program as do other ones. Certainly swimming seems more fundamental than fencing or lots of other sports though those are of course often offered too.