I don’t remember all the professors I had in college but one I do recall was the gentleman who taught Econ 101. The most life useful class I ever took. There might be far fewer brain dead Liberal zombies staggering down our streets if basic economics was a mandatory course, taught by an actual business man or woman, in every high school in America.
Interesting - I have almost the identical story. I worked my way through college and got to a point where, one quarter, with other classes and work I pretty much had no choice but to take Intro to Economics - Macro on Friday evenings. I dreaded it.
It was one of the best 2 or 3 classes I took in my career. A “real world” person taught it and I learned concepts that, quite literally, changed my worldview.
I hated college Econ 101. The instructor had no clue how to pass on dirt simple concepts.
From that, I came to the belief that students should be awarded a provisional degree. They would need to return to night school to earn Econ and Finance after 2-3 years of actual life experience.