Saturday, July 21, 2012

Choosing the STEM school (and life) track?

Look before you leap, according to articles at Physics Today and the Washington Post.
I'm not going to recap the entire story here, but the bottom line is in most areas of science, the jobs just aren't there.  Closing quote from the WP article:
Haas, the former drug company chemist, has even harsher words. She plans to “get out of Jersey and get out of science” when her daughter graduates from high school in two years. “She’s very good at everything, very smart,” Haas said of her daughter. “She loves chemistry, loves math. I tell her, ‘Don’t go into science.’ I’ve made that very clear to her.” 

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