at the time, i wrote a series of nasty letters to the dean at the computer science school, complaining that i was being forced to take a college course to finish a university degree. i really resented it, and gave up partially in protest.

but, the reality is that i would have just ended up unable to hold a job for more than a month because i'm just unable to deal with people, anyways.

so, this is why i go ahead and tell people i have a comp sci degree - i was able to complete all of the requirements, except the social skills requirements of working in groups in a corporate environment. and, while that may be important to corporate actors, i still don't attach much importance to it.