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People misusing the STEM term is really annoying me.

People who say stuff like 'Any A-level that's not STEM isn't worth doing', do you even know what the term means? The T and E are for Technology and Engineering; Technology A-levels are not very respected when applying for science university courses, I've seen they're just add-ons to the more 'academic' subjects. The Engineering A-level is an applied course only offered by Edexcel, which again is not respected. You cannot apply STEM to A-level discussions; it's just bounded about by people who are trying to look in the know.

What exactly is a technology degree? I can only imagine Design & Technology degrees, which are not 'up there' with science degrees. Engineering is a great degree, but not great as an A-level subject. Should one take A-Level Resistant Materials Technology and Applied Engineering A-levels instead of English Literature and Geography? Omg choose the STEM option instead of the respected humanities subjects, because STEM.

At least understand the terms you're using before slating other people's humanities subjects. I study Maths at uni before I'm accused of not being smart enough to study science.

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Original post by Lasershark

I study Maths at uni before I'm accused of not being smart enough to study science.

Good luck.

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gr8wizard10

Science > Maths (unless from Cambridge)

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Plantagenet Crown

I'm not too keen on how people look down on non-STEM degrees in the first place.

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inb4 STEM snobbery outburst begins

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Original post by Abdul-Karim

Science > Maths (unless from Cambridge)

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what does that even mean

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Original post by Abdul-Karim

Science > Maths (unless from Cambridge)

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Maybe if you did maths you would understand how the > sign works.

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gr8wizard10

Original post by + polarity -

what does that even mean

Inequalities m8

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gr8wizard10

Original post by majmuh24

Maybe if you did maths you would understand how the > sign works.

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If you did science you'd understand how the world works

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Gondur

Original post by Abdul-Karim

Inequalities m8

'm8'?

Attempt at irony or just downright retarded?

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Original post by Abdul-Karim

Inequalities m8

skeen

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Red one

Original post by majmuh24

inb4 STEM snobbery outburst begins

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Weren't you the one spearheading the whole thing the last time?

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Original post by Abdul-Karim

If you did science you'd understand how the world works

Scientists still don't understand how the world works properly yet...

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Original post by Red one

Weren't you the one spearheading the whole thing the last time?

Nah, that was Robbie and Dragonborn, I just posted on the thread... :erm:

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gr8wizard10

Original post by Gondur

'm8'?

Attempt at irony or just downright retarded?

Obviously studying german m8.

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tridianprime

STEM does not literally mean Science, Technology and Engineering etc. Sure, the acronym translates to it but it is a term used to classify areas / fields that generally lead into those fields or are related in some way. Technology does not mean DT, it means subjects such as maths and physics that lead to other fields where you can develop technologies etc., in a broad sense.

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Boltons Bastard

So Accountancy can count as the M of STEM? Don't know. Accounts seems somewhat easy and I thought STEM was for really clever people who knew how the world worked? :lol:

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Original post by Boltons Bastard

So Accountancy can count as the M of STEM? Don't know. Accounts seems somewhat easy and I thought STEM was for really clever people who knew how the world worked? :lol: