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Permanut

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7. They're just discouraged

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2012, 09:38 PM

Apr 2012

by them sciency types trying to convince them that the earth is A)round, and B)more than 6,000 years old. And trying to argue that the marine fossils at the top of Mt Everest were put there by something other than Noah's flood. And it must be a pain in the butt to try to explain where all that water went.

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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