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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Easy reason: Because parents don't pick majors, their adult children do.

Reason in my family: The humanities are critical, and enhance your ability to succeed.  DH and I both have jobs that are basically translating STEM concepts into policy and persuasive documents.  STEM in the absence of humanities (includes history, communication, ethics, cultural studies, etc) is often useless or harmful.[/quote][/quote]

If there weren't stupid non stem people you wouldn't have a job thus everyone do stem and no translation needed[/quote]

"Everyone do stem" -- what a nightmare of a society.

Do you not understand that we need diversity in society?  Who's going to teach if everyone does STEM? Who is going to create entertainment, publish books and music, make movies, run museums, create theatrical and musical productions, if everyone does STEM? Who is going to grow and make food if everyone does STEM? Who is going to design and make your clothes if everyone does STEM? Who is going to report the news if everyone does STEM? Who is going to run small businesses if everyone does STEM? Who's going to work on public policy or foreign relations if everyone does STEM? Our society would grind to a halt if everyone did STEM and nothing else.

It's just so ridiculous and only someone who has never learned critical thinking would advocate for something like that. Seems like you need some more liberal arts classes.[/quote]

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