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WingDinger

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2. Cept for one thing. Employers are preferring liberal arts, not MBA.

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2012, 09:14 PM

Apr 2012

well rounded is the new focused.

My parents would have been just as upset if I went out for pro sports as if I was to become a poet, or actor.

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Young Men Discouraged From Science [View all] TheMastersNemesis Apr 2012 OP

Yes, I've been disturbed by that media meme for years. It's intentional by media. freshwest Apr 2012 #1

Cept for one thing. Employers are preferring liberal arts, not MBA. WingDinger Apr 2012 #2

What does an MBA have to do with science? JHB Apr 2012 #16

Uh....since when? bighughdiehl Apr 2012 #21

There was an article here, just yesterday. WingDinger Apr 2012 #28

Didn't see the article bighughdiehl Apr 2012 #30

When I was in school during the sixties and early seventies drm604 Apr 2012 #3

Not new, but possibly worse. NYC_SKP Apr 2012 #4

Again. Nothing new. drm604 Apr 2012 #5

the economic drivers back then were different than today Johonny Apr 2012 #6

I was a science geek, good at math, and in the Chess club, in HS, tell me about it quaker bill Apr 2012 #8

Science geek, good at math, and in the freaking BAND! drm604 Apr 2012 #9

This may date me a bit, but the band was cool when I was in HS quaker bill Apr 2012 #15

I'm talking 60s and 70s drm604 Apr 2012 #17

Got you beat: Science geek, good at math, glee club, and theatre. Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #20

Ooh, glee club! drm604 Apr 2012 #22

Musicals, actually, not plays. Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #23

Oh. No that probably wouldn't have interested me. drm604 Apr 2012 #26

It's one of the few musicals that made a good transition to the big screen. gkhouston Apr 2012 #31

They're just discouraged Permanut Apr 2012 #7

Go into science, become unpopular with the girls, get laughed at by the boys for being a nerd, Zalatix Apr 2012 #10

Maybe that's the part that's changed. drm604 Apr 2012 #18

I watched computer engineering jobs go overseas in the 1990s Zalatix Apr 2012 #29

Learn to manage corporate networks. drm604 Apr 2012 #32

TONS of competition for that. Zalatix Apr 2012 #35

Hey, no argument about that. drm604 Apr 2012 #36

Do you have any data to support this anecdote? That young men are discouraged from science? riderinthestorm Apr 2012 #11

Yes. God forbid we have an educated and informed populace. Initech Apr 2012 #12

What? jp11 Apr 2012 #13

I disagree SATIRical Apr 2012 #33

Is this true? I'm in my 50's, so it's been a while since I've been in school. Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #14

�Mr. Spock Is Dreamy!� .:. by Isaac Asimov JHB Apr 2012 #19

some practical observations jobendorfer Apr 2012 #24

Young men are discouraged from college in general. n/t lumberjack_jeff Apr 2012 #25

It's the nutty American emphasis on SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS mainer Apr 2012 #27

Academic competitions don't have huge ESPN contracts pstokely Apr 2012 #34

Wow, it's like you've been sitting in on the high school classes I teach Bucky Apr 2012 #37