[Grim Tuesday]

Originally Posted by dodar

Look at the Debby-Downer commentor on the article lol.

Maybe a troll on april 1st? It just seems way too well constructed to be serious.

In case it gets taken down:

I understand and agree with your point regarding the expansion of the teaching environment in an effort to broaden students' perspectives on future job opportunities, but I am somewhat irked by your suggestion of using robotics as a way to shoehorn youth into jobs that are necessary for the advancement of humanity. I think it's a bit naive and ignorant to say that the large majority of youth are simply unaware of the entertaining side of STEM programs, rather than the majority of youth simply not being interested in such programs.

It is all but a fact that most of society would rather fill the rolls within the arts, language, social sciences, studies, and so on, as such schools of thought play to the very essence of the human tune - emotions, originality, individualism, etc. Science and mathematics serve only three purposes: to stimulate the mind of the rare individuals who genuinely enjoy such practices, to advance humanity, and to earn a profit. Outside of that, it's hard to find something to convince students into giving STEM a try.