As a foreigner who, after 10 years here, still is unable to comprehend the fetish obsession with CAO points, this article by @tanyasweeney feels absolutely relatable.
University study is about learning what you are interested in, it's not about careers.https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/getting-teenagers-to-apply-for-a-career-degree-is-a-complete-nonsense-1.4346668 …
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I think also the idea is that STEM = objectivity while non-STEM = subjectivity. That what historians and literary scholars and so on do is all interpretive and feeling/opinion based makes it not a science.
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Don't even get me started on that. Scratch the surface a bit, and you'll see how subjectivity pervades STEM as well. We are at least aware that subjectivity comes into play.
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Yes, precisely. That's why I am a scientist of Old Irish.
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nonsense this is.