All those woo people will disregard "mainstream education" because "it's all a hoax" i mean yeah don't put all your faith in what experts say because they're human too, but still i'd rather trust an expert than some idiot who thinks 4 hours of looking at "natureknowsbest dot com" articles debunks all of science
No, but you don’t understand. All those people would be perfectly functional and fine if only they had been taught to do their taxes- at least according to popular sentiment it seems.
As a college student I still hate that I have to take so many “electives” and classes outside of my area. When the grand fuck am I to use pre civil war history and film theory in a biochem lab?
Because the point of undergraduate studies is to produce well-rounded individuals who are ready for a variety of different paths. The papers you write for film theory help you with written reasoning, analysis, and thinking critically about media. Pre civil war history helps you take others' perspectives and find connections between causes and effects. We want art students with some knowledge of science and vice versa.
Okay, so worst case you've got a break from your intensive science classes and some new trivia to show off. Best case, you learn skills and modes of thinking that you can apply to your field of study and the world at large.
I think it’s nuanced. They don’t really do a great job of making it clear. It’s just more- “oh. Want to be a geologist? You’ve gotta be able to weave baskets and make a lean Frittata.” It is the purpose- and an important one. To compel students to explore and learn about more than just some specialty- that’s what grad school is for. But the way it is structured is obviously pretty open (to give people freedom to decide what they want to become or explore,) but many schools don’t make that clear and electives are treated more as just a box to be checked off a form for the sake of procedure.
Actually, that’s specifically not true. And I know where you’re coming from, because I believed that once. But, I’ve worked with too many organic farmers (who tell horror stories about what’s organic) and too many scientists (that work toward solving environmental issues).
I think one of the most striking examples was when an organic farmer gave me some of his fresh produce and said make sure you wash it really well because the copper nitrate that we use as pesticide is very poisonous (but all natural and certified organic).
Do some research on safflower fields. They are grown organically and have a terrible environmental impact. Worse than gmo soy.
Or hey, look into the horrors of organic cheese. Did you know you have support the veal market with organic cheese? Because to be certified organic they have to use actual animal rennet from the cows stomach. Most cheese uses an engineered enzyme rennet that doesn’t require slaughtering another animal to get it.
Not all GMOs are good, but they aren’t wholesale bad either. But to say that GMOs are all bad when the alternative results in algal blooms or fish kills or barren soil or starving people or a number of other issues, is short sighted and Lacking research.
I think one of the most striking examples was when an organic farmer gave me some of his fresh produce and said make sure you wash it really well because the copper nitrate that we use as pesticide is very poisonous (but all natural and certified organic).
Do some research on safflower fields. They are grown organically and have a terrible environmental impact. Worse than gmo soy.
Or hey, look into the horrors of organic cheese. Did you know you have support the veal market with organic cheese? Because to be certified organic they have to use actual animal rennet from the cows stomach. Most cheese uses an engineered enzyme rennet that doesn’t require slaughtering another animal to get it.