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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's silly to think that the most valuable thing in the job market is going to be any subject that can be taught in a semester or two at college.  A engineer's knowledge has a half life of what, 4 years maybe?  You need to learn to learn skills-- writing, working with people, creative thinking, analysis.  [/quote]

Instead of those STEM courses that become obsolete so soon, Wesleyan offers "unforgettable" courses like “The Biology of Sex” (the textbook is a sex manual), “Key Issues in Black Feminism,” and “Queer Literature and Studies.”

Most people defending SLACS have no idea how much they have changed. [/quote]

Yes, because there's nothing a person could possibly gain from learning about Black Feminism or Queer Literature.

Just come out and admit that you think there is nothing to be learned from anything that involves literature, arts, music, or the rest of the humanities.  The only thing worth studying is how to code, or do quant analysis.   Look how well things turned out when we let a bunch of amoral quants run the economy.

:roll: [/quote]

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