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A class you chose, which is why you're actually doing the homework.
means A course or option you select yourself rather than one required of you.
from From Latin 'eligere' meaning 'to pick out, choose' — the same root that gives us 'elect' and 'elite.' 'Ex-' (out) plus 'legere' (to choose, gather, read) — so literally 'to pick out from a group.' By the 1600s English had 'elective' describing anything chosen rather than imposed; applying it to school courses and surgeries (an 'elective procedure') just extends that old idea of choice versus obligation.
- origin
- from latin eligere, to choose
- medical sense
- scheduled surgery, not an emergency
- paradox
- often more work than required courses
- transcript tell
- reveals who you are, not your major