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Monday, November 14. 2011

About All Those STEM Dropouts...

From Vedder at Minding the Campus.


Math and science are difficult, and they aren't all about "what I think" and "what I feel." Failure is a good thing in a meritocratic field because it separates those with potential from those without. Whether it's banks or students, America needs more room for healthy failure.


Failure is more important than success, because more can be learned from it. In the end, success in achieving goals is better, though. Much more enjoyable.

Posted by The Barrister in Education, Our Essays at 14:27 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)

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The science based jobs (i cringe at the new designation of computer gizmos as "Technology") take not only an ability to do textbook math and science, but a genuine sense of enjoyment at doing them.

When I started engineering school in the mid 1970's it was after the great post vietnam aerospace collapse. We had the smallest entering class in years, but nearly all the students were there because they liked science, math, engineering. A few found out that they really didn't sometime later.

The group that likes technological subjects will always be small, but similarly if one studies business you should really like the area. You can be dragged to learning how to do things by the book, but you cannot be forced to acquire real insight or ability.
#1 DirtyJobsGuy on 2011-11-15 14:07 (Reply)

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