"bird course" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "Possibly referring to the small size of bird's brains (compare birdbrain).\nIn the movie Sister Act 2, a bird course is referred to as being a course one can \"fly right through,\" a reference to the course being easy to pass.",
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          "ref": "1975 August 30, Elaine Carey, “Back to school: What's happening in the classes?”, in Toronto Star, page A2",
          "text": "One of the most popular targets for criticism has been the credit system, Rutledge said, \"because the public has the impression that students are just taking a bunch of bird courses—I wish they'd even tell me what a bird course is.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "2002 October 26, Nathalie Younglai, “Conducting without boundaries”, in Guelph Mercury, page C3",
          "text": "Clarke stumbled into music by way of a high school course he took to raise his grades. \"Music was a bird course. I had more interest in math, science, and women\", he divulged.",
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          "ref": "2006 March 13, Gordon Pitts, “Forward-looking CEOs are looking to the past”, in Globe and Mail, page B12",
          "text": "Forty-five years ago, a McGill University commerce student named Seymour Schulich was looking for a bird course to bolster his grades and came upon a prime candidate — business history.",
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        "In an educational institution, a course which is regarded as particularly easy."
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        "(Canada) In an educational institution, a course which is regarded as particularly easy."
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          "ref": "1975 August 30, Elaine Carey, “Back to school: What's happening in the classes?”, in Toronto Star, page A2",
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          "ref": "2002 October 26, Nathalie Younglai, “Conducting without boundaries”, in Guelph Mercury, page C3",
          "text": "Clarke stumbled into music by way of a high school course he took to raise his grades. \"Music was a bird course. I had more interest in math, science, and women\", he divulged.",
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        },
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