stringstheory
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Sure, it seems to discourage more theologists, artists and musicians, but the flip side is that it's encouraging more mathematically-inclined studies. And I'm not so sure that what it is encouraging is not as "helpful" to people.
well yeah but i didn't say that; i said a lot of the stuff on that list IS helpful and therefore it's a little alarming that people who go into these fields don't appear to be as "valued". it's great science and mathematically inclined fields are being encouraged, for a long time i don't think they were; but if the list is any indicator, it's coming at the cost of underpaying other very helpful skill-sets and frankly that's pretty unwise and unfair. not everyone can be skilled enough at math and science to pursue a career in it, and nor should they; otherwise we'd have an over-saturated field.
Math and science education in the U.S. is wanting. What's alarming from this article is the prospect of discouraging pay for teaching these subjects, which are in demand and bring higher salaries, and, imho, greater social utility than another theology teacher.
can't they bring, at least roughly, the same amount of value? many of the fields on this list are valuable, in addition to some of ones that are being promoted. It's not a contest, we can value all kinds of different areas of knowledge (and i'd argue that we should) so why should teaching one subject be more valued than the other? The fact that teaching any subject and passing on knowledge appears to be discouraged and undervalued is a disturbing trend, especially if a couple of those fields ultimately become higher paying jobs further on down the road.
Perhaps the philosophy majors end up pursuing more profitable jobs. Then again, I also tend to decouple valuable from "well-remunerated." i chose my arguably impractical, yet very valuable to me college major knowing that it wasn't going to bring in the money and doubled it with something more practical.
what is/was it? just curious