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I know that in class I argued against an intro class.  But, now I am unsure as to where I stand on this issue.  I believe that most of what is taught in intro is useless, as shown from class most people do not remember a lot from their intro class.  And as Annie mentioned in her post, upper-level teachers constantly ask whether people remember, and even if they do, go over the topic that leads to the more advanced material.  But, as was also pointed out in class, most people don't know what part of biology they are interested in studying.  The intro class offers a lot of general (and specific) information about the "bases" of biology.  But, even with this, I have heard people complain that it is similar to the biology that they had in high school.