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Originally Posted by Alexa Stott
I tweeted about this earlier and was told I was wrong. It's bothered me for a long time. I really don't like how much he hates everything from athletes to the arts. It seems very pompous, especially considering most pro athletes have completed more college coursework than Dean Kamen himself who dropped out. Pau Gasol went to medical school and James Franco has 3 masters degrees and is in two phd programs. They're not stupid people. They are also incredibly talented and there is no problem, in my opinion, with kids looking up to them.
It's important for FIRST to present students with the idea that STEM is good and fun and whatnot, but I think the message they send is "We are smarter and better than you so we are more valuable to society in the long run."
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I think Alexa is spot on here.
I feel like Dean has a huge disconnect with how the many many people (students and mentors) have differing views on sports, entertainment, and STEM mixing into a very cool culture and world. I for one hate the pompous things Dean says sometimes, even if they are unintentional. He needs to be conscious of what he says.
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Originally Posted by Hobson
The fact that kids idolize people who's life is about sex and drug use over people who really make positive changes in the world.
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I like the part where so many claim this as fact. This is not a fact. When you think of entertainment legends, do you realize the amount of philanthropy these people take part in using their successes? Just because the philanthropy may involve music education and education in the arts, people in STEM are quickly blinded.