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Reading assignment for first week...please comment! Look at the evidence, arguments, and misunderstandings. Comment on what interests you and what you are reacting to as you read.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Reading assignment for first week...please comment! Look at the evidence, arguments, and misunderstandings. Comment on what interests you and what you are reacting to as you read.</div>

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David Young on 20 Jan 12

I have been told time and again by teachers, mentors, articles like this one and many more sources that I am not hear to be taught the material, but I am here to be taught how to learn, I have come to embrace the implausibility and impossibility of learning everything that there is to know about the field that I am pursuing, and not just because it is Electrical Engineering. The only field that I can think of that isn't constantly changing is math and even then everything around you is. If you decide to become a teacher for example, every year you have to teach yourself new requirements mandated by the state or federal governments. Whether or not you can cope with the constant change and evolution of our world is the difference between sinking and swimming. It is because of these beliefs that I agree with this article and with Ms. Postrel.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I have been told time and again by teachers, mentors, articles like this one and many more sources that I am not hear to be taught the material, but I am here to be taught how to learn, I have come to embrace the implausibility and impossibility of learning everything that there is to know about the field that I am pursuing, and not just because it is Electrical Engineering. The only field that I can think of that isn't constantly changing is math and even then everything around you is. If you decide to become a teacher for example, every year you have to teach yourself new requirements mandated by the state or federal governments. Whether or not you can cope with the constant change and evolution of our world is the difference between sinking and swimming. It is because of these beliefs that I agree with this article and with Ms. Postrel.</div>

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Caitlin Bauman on 23 Jan 12

First off, the title of this article intrigued me because I do not usually think of art majors "powering" the United States. Through reading further, I can agree with Postrel that everyone has their special talents and are not equipped to major in one of the STEMs. Furthermore, if everyone went into one field, that would decrease the field's efficiency and productivity. However, I do think that there are some less useful majors. Even though the economy needs to be balanced out in jobs does anyone really want to be that person with the impractical major searing for a job? I, for instance, would love to major in history, but this job market is practically obsolete. Accounting is my next major under these circumstances. Postrel also points out one huge problem with higher education and that is the cost. Rising tuition prices cause for people to major in lucrative fields of concentration as to pay back student loans and make more in the future. Though I agree with Postrel's claims that there has to be a diversity of jobs and an evenness in the economy, I have some personal contentions about her assertions. Caitlin Bauman

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">First off, the title of this article intrigued me because I do not usually think of art majors "powering" the United States. Through reading further, I can agree with Postrel that everyone has their special talents and are not equipped to major in one of the STEMs. Furthermore, if everyone went into one field, that would decrease the field's efficiency and productivity. However, I do think that there are some less useful majors. Even though the economy needs to be balanced out in jobs does anyone really want to be that person with the impractical major searing for a job? I, for instance, would love to major in history, but this job market is practically obsolete. Accounting is my next major under these circumstances. Postrel also points out one huge problem with higher education and that is the cost. Rising tuition prices cause for people to major in lucrative fields of concentration as to pay back student loans and make more in the future. Though I agree with Postrel's claims that there has to be a diversity of jobs and an evenness in the economy, I have some personal contentions about her assertions. Caitlin Bauman</div>

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Maddie Lane on 24 Jan 12

As an art major, I understand the worry of job security, but if I were put into a science or math field I would fail miserably. Art is my niche, it is the place that I thrive and grow in. I do not see the art field, or any other field that is not condoned by STEM, as worthless; art finds the beauty in the world, history helps us learn from the past, and english voices the concerns of the people. The decreasing availability for non-STEM professions is a worry for some, but it encourages me to find my full potential and be the person that companies are asking to hire.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">As an art major, I understand the worry of job security, but if I were put into a science or math field I would fail miserably. Art is my niche, it is the place that I thrive and grow in. I do not see the art field, or any other field that is not condoned by STEM, as worthless; art finds the beauty in the world, history helps us learn from the past, and english voices the concerns of the people. The decreasing availability for non-STEM professions is a worry for some, but it encourages me to find my full potential and be the person that companies are asking to hire.</div>

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