“Look at the bright side.
Their children won’t be able to compete with ours for jobs requiring real science.”
My son’s about the graduate UCLA with a Physics Degree. Four more kids in the pipeline. Watch out!
Ask him if he believes the Earth is 6,000 years old.
LapTag Study findings:
3. State of Physics Graduate Students
Walter expressed disappointment with the quality of current physics graduate students. He feels that there are two possible causes for the decline in quality of the students. First, is the poor preparation that students receive in science at the elementary and secondary levels. This is a problem that LAPTAG is trying to address. The second factor is the dwindling numbers of jobs available for physics researchers as a result of the downsizing of industrial and government efforts in basic research. The brightest students are going into professions where they can make the most money such as Law and Business.Walter would like high school college counselors to encourage students to take physics in high school. He also suggested that UCLA Physics create and distribute a brochure describing the opportunities to work as teachers at the elementary, middle, and high school level with a degree in physics or other sciences. He will visit several of the high schools this year and sit in back of the science classrooms as an observer.
UCLA: Home of the late Willard Libby, founder of radiocarbon dating!