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[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

My STEM college was still big on humanities. We were required to take a writing and communication class specifically focused on effective writing. They understood it doesn't matter how good your engineering work is if you can't convey it to anyone.

I think the problem is a more fundamental flaw in how we teach and convey ideas and a core problem with the education process.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I didn't like having to take humanities classes in college but I've become an ardent supporter of it. Gen eds matter, a college degree is supposed to declare you generally educated but with a focus on something.

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

That's at the college level though. Unfortunately, I work with high schoolers, and I have not seen the same levels of respect given to the humanities as I see STEM in US high schools. Hell, in some states they seem to straight up allow students to take more STEM courses in lieu of humanities.