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Re: STEAM Actually comming to FRC, and im not happy
This is what I get from reading up on the links provided by Lil' Lavery:
STEAM initiatives promote art education as a method of improving skills critical to modern and future STEM fields.
I think that goal is fine and believe FIRST does this now even if we need to improve it.
My problem with them:
They seem to lack concern for increasing the number of K-12 students who pursue STEM degrees and carriers in the first place. If more money is pushed to programs that don't do this then I am against these initiatives. Furthermore to the existent that the acronym is used to promote such programs I am against its use.
If the above isn't the case then I wouldn't worry about STEAM initiatives or the use of the acronym.
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