No one should be forced to do anything, so your point is irrelevant.

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No one should be forced to do anything, so your point is irrelevant.

Author: NedoftheHill (43288 Posts - Joined: Jun 29, 2011)

Posted at 2:43 pm on Dec 28, 2024

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But, if they want US taxpayer dollar help in form of loans, they should have majors which help industry/defense.

If not, they should pay for it themselves.

Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.

Replies to: "No one should be forced to do anything, so your point is irrelevant."

The countries with the most STEM graduates. This explains rising of China [LINK] [IMAGE] - Eli - 1:26pm 12/28/24 (40) [View All]
- Quantity does not equal quality. - Rooney - 8:43am 12/29/24
  - From one engineer to another...pretty good summary. [NT] - TyroneIrish - 6:15pm 12/29/24
  - Yes, quantity does not equal quality. But it applies to anything.Can we take it as a separate issue? - Eli - 12:26pm 12/29/24
    - Spoken like a true communist piece of shit. Question for you..: - Domer From Hell - 3:38pm 12/29/24
- Recent STEM Graduates, per capita in the countries listed... - TyroneIrish - 11:16pm 12/28/24
- In my day, we called ourselves “science majors”. We were the apex predators of academia and - BaronVonZemo - 6:33pm 12/28/24
  - PS - China has a much larger “n” to start with here. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 6:35pm 12/28/24
- It needs to start in high school, but AI may have something to say about all of this. - iairishcheeks - 3:17pm 12/28/24
  - Nudge students towards Comput Science/Software Engineering or anything related to Power Generation - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 8:45pm 12/28/24
- Yes, but we have 800% more poli sci graduates. [NT] - MAS - 2:45pm 12/28/24
  - with lots of debt [NT] - WestCoastIrishFan - 4:29pm 12/28/24
  - Says the guy who made a living teaching Civics and English. [NT] - Frank L - 2:54pm 12/28/24
    - The issue is not whether people can study that. The issue is what the US subsidizes. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 5:20pm 12/28/24
      - And MAS's major would have been education (teaching) which is a legitimate and needed job skill. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 8:14pm 12/28/24
      - Not the point he was making. He is likely amongst the 800% additional lib art majors. [NT] - Frank L - 5:46pm 12/28/24
- I agree with making STEM a larger proportion of pre-college curricula all across the U.S., but not - TyroneIrish - 1:59pm 12/28/24
  - A person doesn't need to go $200K in debt to become an artist. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 3:32pm 12/28/24
    - Let me tell you that many, many doctors go deeply into debt in pursuit of their dream profession... - TyroneIrish - 3:58pm 12/28/24
      - You understand the difference in economics, surely, right? [NT] - iairishcheeks - 4:06pm 12/28/24
        Of course. Thus is where he strawmans his way out of the loss. [NT] - jakers - 7:12pm 12/28/24
  - Nature is amazing, technology is fascinating. There is no reason why most kids don't like STEM. - Eli - 2:51pm 12/28/24
    - In my neck of the woods, teens have died standing on railroad tracks...thanks to over- [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 3:16pm 12/28/24
      - If we spend more money subsidizing art degrees less teens will die on railroad tracks? - iairishcheeks - 4:08pm 12/28/24
        You need some counseling. [NT] - TyroneIrish - 5:31pm 12/28/24
    - Typical Chicom. Always in support of indoctrination [NT] - Domer From Hell - 2:59pm 12/28/24
  - Think he’s saying it should be encouraged not forced. - Frank L - 2:36pm 12/28/24
    - Perfect reply for Tyrone though, who mentioned forcing. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 5:23pm 12/28/24
    - Sorry, meant for Neddie below. [NT] - Frank L - 2:37pm 12/28/24
  - You want US tax payers to subsidize people's hobbies, not degrees useful to the country? - NedoftheHill - 2:22pm 12/28/24
    - Are business and accounting degrees vital to the nation? We seem to have tons of them already. - Frank L - 5:53pm 12/28/24
    - Not everyone wants to be an engineer, or doctor...and forcing kids into such professions often - TyroneIrish - 2:34pm 12/28/24
      - . [NT] - PaND - 2:52pm 12/28/24
      - No one should be forced to do anything, so your point is irrelevant. - NedoftheHill - 2:43pm 12/28/24
        You're doing a great job of talking out of both sides of your mouth ;-)...You agree that no one - TyroneIrish - 3:02pm 12/28/24
        Financial aid is not a right. Denying it forces nobody. - NedoftheHill - 5:25pm 12/28/24
        So you admit that your vision uses public funding for your preferred careers, but denies it for - TyroneIrish - 5:47pm 12/28/24
        No different than limiting what items food stamps can buy. - jakers - 7:11pm 12/28/24
        
        Not my preferred careers. Careers which have value to industry & defense of the US.. - NedoftheHill - 6:20pm 12/28/24
        See the attached Princeton Review article on the Top 10 College Majors...good luck convincing all [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 10:48pm 12/28/24
        
        He’s certifiably nuts. - PaND - 2:54pm 12/28/24