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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had Political Science & Journalism and went to law. I would trade all of it for a stem degree in a second. And I will absolutely encourage my kids to go into stem if they show the ability.

We all graduated 10+ years ago with our liberal arts degree and were able to find jobs. Anyone look at the legal job market lately?  The problem is that there is such a glut of liberal arts people with no real world skills in the market competing for a very limited number of jobs.  The world needs only so many consultants.

Now, put a driven, bright woman in a stem field, and see how far she will go.

In a bubble, a well rounded liberal arts person is a fine aspiration. But our kids need money to live people. [/quote]

And what if you kid shows no aptitude for STEM?  What then?[/quote]

Encourage them to keep at it. There are a lot of people who graduated with STEM degrees with terrible aptitude and grades. It's almost like they know nothing about what they studied but still managed to get the golden ticket.[/quote]

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