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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it became a buzzword when liberal arts majors, myself included, realized there are no jobs for us and the good jobs go to STEM fields. I've already told my kids they cannot major in a humanities. Take classes for fun if they want but career focus should be on stem or business. [/quote]

What a sad, sad state of affairs. This certainly demonstrates a complete failure to appreciate the genesis of STEM and pretty much guarantees that humanity is looking forward to a very shallow existence. It also completely fails to appreciate the fact that [b]when asked, senior executives prefer liberal arts over business majors[/b]. The former can think and communicate clearly. The latter, not so much.

Also nice to know that there are parents who mandate their children's futures. That's pretty sad too. [/quote]

Um...no.  I'm a senior executive and I've never said that.  Don't know any of my peers that have either.  You have a cite, or did you make it up?

Thinking and communicating clearly, are certainly critical, but not the exclusive domain of humanities people.  In fact, clear and logical thinking seems to me to exist more often in people with a STEM background.[/quote]

lol have you met any stem background people?[/quote]

Yeah, I own an IT company.  [/quote]

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