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[quote=Anonymous]I am a female engineer and I love STEM subjects because they can so directly relate to fields in the ARTS.  A really successful potter needs chemistry, many artists have an innate sense of symmetry and geometry and nature is just full of science.

I think the idea of STEM is too closely tied with the field of engineering, the concepts and foundations can make any career choice more enriching.

That being said I would be most happy if my highly gifted daughter that is a math whiz, took her skills and went into something uber creative like design or high level marketing.

Many of the engineering majors that I graduated with used their engineering degress to jump off into more creative fields.  I personally am happy to go the rote and regular engineering work, it suits me, but if your passion lies elsewhere, science and math can help expand your viewpoint and marketability.

I will have to disagree with the writing well being a part of the STEM field, many hard core engineers are horrible writers and select engineering to avoid that subject, which is fine.   Many excellent writers are not so great at higher level math...

I used to work extremely hard in college writing classes and if I got a B on a paper was thrilled.  Calculus and theoretical high level subjects on the other hand were a breeze while the liberal art majors struggles.

I think you can't assume that everyone is going to be great at everything, and sometimes exposure is going to outweigh mastery.

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