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The STEM Education Challenge
Townhall.com ^ | July 26, 2016 | Allen West

Posted on 07/26/2016 11:08:51 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 07/26/2016 11:08:52 AM PDT by Kaslin
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This article is a macro (not micro) agression on Dorkbama the Muslim Eunoch, all liberal members of congress, all SJW cretins, and the MSM, since none of those idiots could pass the STEM freshmen courses, let alone the hard stuff.


2 posted on 07/26/2016 11:12:46 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Kaslin

Why work your tail off for a “STEM” degree when they’re only going to off-shore your job before you even get your student loans paid off?


3 posted on 07/26/2016 11:14:02 AM PDT by InABunkerUnderSF (ABM - Anyone But McCain)
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To: Kaslin

In other words: We’ve tapped out the public taxpayer for money, now we are targeting businesses to give us even more money.


4 posted on 07/26/2016 11:15:26 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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Did Allen West start a new nonprofit? This is an unusual subject for him


5 posted on 07/26/2016 11:16:13 AM PDT by montag813
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To: Kaslin

They completely killed off the Healthcare sector, now they need to suck the blood out of a new victim.

Look out Engineers!


6 posted on 07/26/2016 11:18:09 AM PDT by Shadow44
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80% of STEM graduates do not work in the STEM world for more than 5 years and half never do AT ALL! Why? BECAUSE THE JOBS ARE NOT THERE!!! And we import thousands who are willing to work for very little compared to the going rates of just a few years ago. I graduated with engineering degrees 20 years ago and the starting rates are essentially within a few thousand dollars.


7 posted on 07/26/2016 11:24:04 AM PDT by fuente (Liberty resides in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box--Fredrick Douglas)
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yes, public private ‘partnerships’ (meaning a government hand in your education)

Because government is so much wiser then everyone else.


8 posted on 07/26/2016 11:24:18 AM PDT by Mr. K (Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
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I wonder how much time students working towards engineering degrees have while they are protesting and demanding safe spaces? It has to be a distraction.

Then again, engineering students are probably too busy for the silliness and are probably busy keeping their noses to the grindstone as all students should be doing.


9 posted on 07/26/2016 11:27:04 AM PDT by dhs12345
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The first step toward teaching science is teaching the Scientific Method.

That will never fly, because it would be too obvious which “sciences” don’t follow it.


10 posted on 07/26/2016 11:29:16 AM PDT by Ellendra (Those who kill without reason cannot be reasoned with.)
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A lot of it is cultural. It ain’t cool to work too hard in school.


11 posted on 07/26/2016 11:34:40 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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This is BS. Ask recent STEM graduates about their jobs, and they’ll tell you about enormous downwards wage pressure from H1B hires.


12 posted on 07/26/2016 11:34:50 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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Surprised West produced an article that is so wrong on the issue. We produce more STEM workers than we need. There really is no shortage.

Is There a STEM Worker Shortage?

America Has More Trained STEM Graduates than STEM Job Openings

13 posted on 07/26/2016 11:36:22 AM PDT by kabar
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During the sixties protests there was a joke where I went to school.
At Columbia, the students took over the ROTC building.
At Berkeley, the students occupied the Dean’s office.
At Newark College of Engineering, the students were too busy studying.


14 posted on 07/26/2016 11:36:28 AM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: Kaslin

Nobody who actually works in STEM could honestly say there is a ‘STEM shortage’.


15 posted on 07/26/2016 11:37:54 AM PDT by jarwulf
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To: InABunkerUnderSF
Why work your tail off for a “STEM” degree when they’re only going to off-shore your job before you even get your student loans paid off?

Or just import a HB-1 that you will have to train in your job.

16 posted on 07/26/2016 11:37:58 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
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To: Kaslin

These are traditionally male interests.
Males are & have been chased out of higher education by the Fembots.
This is a byproduct of MGTOW.


17 posted on 07/26/2016 11:38:47 AM PDT by glasseye
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To: Kaslin

One good point made in this article - preparations for an education and career in STEM need to start at least by the beginning of high school, when a student gets to choose courses. University-prep math is a must. Depending on the field one wishes to pursue, physics, chemistry and biology are also required. For example I knew years earlier that I had no interest in the life sciences, so I skipped biology, but the other three were prerequisites for engineering. High school chemistry is typically a prereq for university chemistry, and likewise for physics. Engineers need both - and biology too if they think they might want to pursue studies and a career in biotechnology.

If a student has these prerequisites (and decent grades in them, of course), pretty much any course of study in University is open to them, from arts and education, physics, chemistry, biology, to graduate subjects like law, medicine, dentistry, nursing (yes, even nursing requires a background in the sciences).


18 posted on 07/26/2016 11:42:43 AM PDT by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like tractor.)
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To: Fred Hayek

Exactly and it is still true today.

Unless a person was brilliant and can party into the wee hours and skip classes and exams to attend a protest marches, your typical engineering student is too busy.


19 posted on 07/26/2016 11:42:59 AM PDT by dhs12345
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Why work your tail off for a “STEM” degree when they’re only going to off-shore your job before you even get your student loans paid off?

One of two points that I was going to make.

My other point: The STEM classrooms at the universities around here are stuffed with foreign nationals (predominately Red Chinese) and there aren't many seats available for Americans, particularly straight white male Americans.

20 posted on 07/26/2016 11:43:39 AM PDT by PAR35
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