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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:37 PM Original message |
Why would-be engineers end up as English majors |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. My progression of majors: |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. "end up as English majors" |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The president of Pepsico World (non-North America) was... |
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oldlib (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
51. The majority of Americans |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Which is a good thing? n/t |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #51 |
63. Curious about your use of the term 'majority.' Is that based on |
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oldlib (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #63 |
75. I shouldn't have used the term |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Totally different times back then. My Dad started college with G.I. Bill (Korean War vet) |
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oldlib (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #79 |
117. My dad lost the |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. If you're basing your arguments on college during the 50's |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #51 |
86. Many of those who think that they're going for practical reasons |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #51 |
92. I have a communication and English degree. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 03:47 AM Response to Reply #92 |
106. I switched from Electrical Engineering Computer Science to English |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
62. When I T.A.'ed at the U. of Wisconsin in the late 80s, 25% |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #62 |
90. in the 60's, those who couldn't hack the sciences |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
72. I did pretty well with my English major, but I never, ever wanted to be an engineer. |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
74. Right? With a Masters in Literature, this kind of annoyed me |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #74 |
96. I agree. |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
76. Nah |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Creative writing classes are the most fun. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Crreative writing classes at major universities are by invitation |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I will have to audition for my next creative writing class. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 02:05 AM Response to Reply #18 |
46. Good luck! |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. We have programs that teach remedial english and writing to engineering students. |
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enuegii (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. I did that... |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. That was my mothers first job |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
64. Hah! Was this in the days before it became McDonnell-Douglas? |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #64 |
89. Yes, she was there from 1948 to 1957 and again from 1961 to 1966 |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
119. really, Jesus H. Christ I'm glad that isn't the norm in industry |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. University tenure systems often reward professors who conduct research and publish their work, |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It varies quite a bit by school |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. "a small comet" |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
49. I like some of the adjacent towns, you see. (nt) |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
65. The standing joke at the U. of Wisconsin was that if a newly-minted |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 07:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
112. I was English/Psych. I "weeded" myself out. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #112 |
116. My Composition 2 professor was just dandy |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. I started out as a Biotech major and have ended up a Psych major |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I imagine that combination would work fairly well, too. (nt) |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Life is complicated, eh? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Ya sure! |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. I took them as easy A electives while I studied music. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #28 |
66. I went from music (piano performance) to English. I was simply |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
94. your story reminds me |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 07:06 AM Response to Reply #94 |
109. My stepbrother started out pre-med |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. Not if that's where your aptitude lies |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 04:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
48. Amen! |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #48 |
67. 70% of Americans believe that angels actually exist. Q.E.D. - n/t |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #67 |
81. perzactly! :) |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. As an Engineer I should have worked harder in English |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
97. I was lucky. I was on a technical tract, but my high school english |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 12:40 AM Response to Reply #97 |
105. My English Prof was demanding. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. Businesses do not weed out their customers, and that's what this comes down to. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. The cited article claims just the opposite. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. "Researchers say higher education must 'weed out' students" |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #30 |
52. Well we agree on that: the educational corp is going to take the money and run. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. That is a very astute observation. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Thanks! The customer thing gets old, and we are beginning to hear it from the students themselves |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. My wife is a doctor. She once also taught bio. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. I have actually heard people justify that sort of thing by claiming |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #41 |
60. "redefining intellectual production in ways that privilege collaborative creation of knowledge over" |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #60 |
70. I guess all those years of grad school taught me something, lol. n/t |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #32 |
45. I had a geology professor |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
59. Diverting "the customers" to an english degree pays the same. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. In my field of training, there were 14 people hired last year (in America). |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
100. I challenge your thinking. |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 07:13 AM Response to Reply #100 |
111. Unfortunately, many who can do those things |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 07:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
110. When my dh's cousin graduated from MIT |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. FWIW, they told me the same thing in the Sheet Metal Workers apprentice program |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. Kaus thiy kant spel Ingineer! |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. More reasons that the article names |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. The French don't care what you do actually as long as you |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. Excuse the hell out of ME. Yeah, like Lit is just a bunch of gut courses for engineers----NOT. |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. Thermodynamics is a tough course,... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
27. I started out as an engineering major. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
34. The bit about not being good teachers and weeding students out is misplaced. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. It drives me crazy to see sciences and liberal arts framed as "in competition" with one another |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Einstein played violin. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
37. It IS harder to complete an engineering degree in only 4 years, |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Same with Education, |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. but it's worth it if they can find work |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. My nephew graduated a couple of years ago |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #37 |
55. Add to that, the time and cost of labs .... that do not translate into additional credits |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #37 |
114. They should just go get a "manufacturing" job at McDonalds |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
38. K&R |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
39. Lots of majors weed out students, |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:28 AM Response to Reply #39 |
50. My intro polisci course had something nuts like a 75-80% flunk rate |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
99. Sounds like the prof I had, |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #99 |
102. Every course this guy had had wait lists |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #39 |
57. And after the "boot camp" that is Historiography... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #57 |
98. You could work for various archives, museums, etc. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #57 |
104. You'd be surprised |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
44. "end up as" |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #44 |
77. Just remember what 18th-century wit Samuel Johnson had to say about |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #77 |
82. Didn't he also say that of every book except. . . |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. I'm no expert in Samuel Johnson's corpus by any means, but I have |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. Ah here's what I was thinking of. . . |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
47. This article makes it seem like that any major other than one in STEM... |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Science and math and engineering... |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #54 |
68. I'm glad to know that my M.S. degree... |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Science will save the world. |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #69 |
91. you said it all in that short and pithy analysis! |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
78. Hah! I keep waiting for a latter-day Martin Luther to come along |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
84. And the students back then acted just like the students now, right down to the parties. |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #47 |
58. Design should be part of STEM. nt |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
56. K&R |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
61. K&R for discussion. |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #61 |
88. Butler University just hired a new president . . . |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #88 |
121. So, he's going to ask for a taxpayer bailout? |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #61 |
120. that's really useful advice--thanks! |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #120 |
122. It's the advice I wish faculty 'advisors' gave. |
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musical_soul (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
71. Took History as a major.... |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
73. I was an English Lit/Journalism double major. I never, ever wanted to be an engineer. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #73 |
101. God knows learning to interpret and create coherent, humanistic narratives is of no use these days |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. I'm not working in history, but my schooling gave me a fantastic BS filter for my current job |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
87. Higher ed weeds out students, always has |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
93. The engineer students at my university |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-22-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
95. Sounds like what my freshman chemistry professor told the auditorium |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 03:58 AM Response to Reply #95 |
107. Function not data. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
108. I have an M.S. in chemical engineering |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
113. They should just quit now and go to McDonalds and avoid the debt |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
115. This happened to my sons. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-23-11 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
118. I learned from DU that ANYBODY can be an engineer.. |
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