@JHS My point is this. With English and math skills in their toolkit, the student can learn any subject.
I understand that a lot of people do very well without STEM skills. However, a combination of strong math and English skills keep a lot of options open that are closed to others even for students who don’t pursue STEM. It means they have a choice.
It also provides many options later in college. For example, an engineer can still study almost anything in graduate school, if they decide they don’t want to make a career in engineering. However, it is almost impossible for a non-engineer to get a graduate degree in engineering. To me, it is about useful skills and options not superiority.
@JHS Seems strange that you are angry because your/your spouses’ careeers weren’t mentioned. Ah hello this thread is about math.
As a matter of fact no one said anywhere in this thread that other careers were not rewarding or lucrative. I am not in a math field any longer, but I do recognize that math and STEM are closely related. I also recognize that not every thing someone says in favor of another career choice isn’t a criticism of me. Talk about ego centrism.
I also am of the opinion that every career can be rewarding and lucrative. And fulfilling.
So good for your spouse. And it’s really not about who works for whom but about life choices. It’s not about who has the most toys but about how they passed thru life.
Actually, @Happytimes2001 , my career is pretty math-y, although I don’t think I actually use any math I didn’t know by the end of middle school. It’s not about my career. It’s about the common attitude expressed in your earlier post that not doing STEM means you are wasting your life and, if you are female, giving in to stereotyping. And, hilariously, that STEM fields are where women can go to avoid sex discrimination.
@JHS Maybe I missed a post. No one said any of that in any post least of all me. My point is that you are reading many many things into something that isn’t there. I don’t think you can read the common attitude of something that isn’t there.