No hard sciences? Then no job offer

Mpls Star & Sickle ^ | 4-21-14 | HOWARD ROOT

[meadsjn]

Excellent article. Too bad it had to be excerpted.

[ladyjane]

You got credit for bowling? Real credit?

[meadsjn]

Duh... this is why we can’t find US citizens to fill our IT jobs. We need at least 10 million H1B’s. IT unemployment here in DFW is less than 1.2%. There are very few US born citizens with any degrees or logical thinking skills.

There are more than 10 million US citizens with STEM degrees either unemployed or underemployed working outside their fields.

When hiring managers have been total frauds for their entire careers, they just can't risk hiring a qualified person whose presence might make that discrepancy obvious.

[Redmen4ever]

It looks to me that BIO 101 is “basic.” BIO 102 has been turned into evolution and is not required for Anatomy I and we do not require it for our major in healthcare management.

As to what is expected of a student in 4-credit biology course, this is a good resource:

http://clep.collegeboard.org/exam/biology

[AU72]

You got credit for bowling? Real credit?

Yeah, 2 credits, finished all my requirements, needed 2 credits to graduate and that was the only course open. I figured what the hell, my draft lottery pick was 26 and my draft board couldn't wait to get me.

[TurboZamboni]

Bowling for Dollars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL5q-_nlywg

[Osage Orange]

A B.S. in Nursing...don't mean they know anything.

I've seen plenty of nurses with B.S.'s and they were dumb asses. Oh yeah...they maybe were book smart...but couldn't assess a critically ill patient...if their life depended on it.

That said...I've seen quite a few Doctors that were dumb asses too!!

Personally....I believe a B.S. in Nursing is just a money making racket for colleges.

[Osage Orange]

Heck I had to take two P.E. classes....while in my early 30’s doing a career change

Yep....I took Basketball and Racketball....Actually had fun doing them...but I could have been doing something more meaningful directed towards my goal.

[Redmen4ever]

What business isn’t “money making racket.” I wouldn’t want to be associated with one that wasn’t. Generally, businesses that serve their customers well make money. I do, however, have suspicions about businesses that are subsidized by the taxpayer.

[Osage Orange]

I’m surely not opposed to making money. I just don’t think some Health Care jobs need to have Doctorates or Masters, ie: Physical Therapists. And I don’t think some need to have B.S.’s...ie: Nurses, RT’s, OT’s, etc....

Yeah...most colleges are run on taxpayer money...But I never took a dime from anyone. I made too much money..the years before I changed up on jobs.