What to choose if I hate math or science

50N40W
Sun, 13 Sep 2015 11:31:59 +0000

IMO, the goal always ought to include getting a complete education.
I don’t think that’s possible without a big dose of humanities, of course, but it also needs a knowledge of the physical world (some science) and a comprehension of calculus.

Mathematics, once taken beyond a trivial level, is so foundational for music, philosophy, and language that to contemplate college without it leaves as big a hole as skipping literature, cultural geography, or a foreign language.
STEM programs that don’t include these kinds of things, while employable, are also incomplete, IMO.

It should never be just about getting a job, but always should include getting a full education.John Adams, according to one biographer, took calc at Harvard in the mid 1700’s not to get a STEM job, but because his education would have been incomplete without it.

/rant