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Why do people do arts subjects when FAME and STEM subjects get paid much more?

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Edgy.

Not everyone can do STEMs, no point in doing it if your crap at maths and science. Having a 1st or 2:1 in an arts is better than a 3rd or fail in a STEM imo.

Also is FAME now in the same league as STEM? Or was that just made up on here?

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Reply 22

Keslo

Original post by Know Your Enemy

Also, money isn't the only motivator (according to Haslow and his experiment).

Spoiler

i thinks its meant to be Maslow

Reply 23

Know Your Enemy

Original post by Keslo

i thinks its meant to be Maslow

This has already been pointed out. It was a typo.

Reply 24

Miss.Unknow

The world would be very boring if everybody becomes an engineer, doctor, scientist etc. It's not about the money, it's about doing something they personally enjoy :smile:

Reply 25

username3546138

Original post by RedGiant

I remember you making a thread about how you got accepted for the physics course on uniq...

Lol definitely not me, not taken any science or maths a levels. Maybe a similar name?

Reply 26

Vertigo_descent

Original post by mature student

Econ isn't STEM, it's a social science. If econ is stem then so is Politics, or middle eastern studies.

There is so much mathematics in it that this is just plainly false. Not that that is necessarily how it should be, but as it stands it is far closer to a STEM subject than those two you mention.

Also, I think people overrate the importance of a degree in becoming X. In some areas, yes you do need them and yes they do correlate directly to what you want to become. Yet doing a degree in business studies won't make you an entrepreneur, and doing a degree in fashion design or acting won't make you a designer or actor, respectively. In the end they are a means of studying a subject, no more, no less.

Original post by veeraxox

it is my problem when my taxes pay their benefits

I agree on this point. I don't see why these courses should be subsidised.

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Reply 27

gjd800

FAME

I'm gonna live foreverrrr

what is FAME?

I know what STEM means and also STEAM but what the heck does FAME mean...?

Reply 30

CTLeafez

I'd certainly take a lifetime of Rock n' Roll over a career in finance :biggrin:

Reply 31

cat_mac

Original post by gjd800

FAME

I'm gonna live foreverrrr

Been singing that in my head since I read the title! :danceboy:

Reply 32

katiegrace1

Original post by veeraxox

arts subjects

geo at oxford makes 22 k

econ at notts makes 28 k

Because I hate science, maths, engineering and art is what I succeed in and what makes me happy and contains skills that I want to grow in? Also without artists we wouldn't have buildings, clothes, theatres, films, TV shows, social medi, music, concerts, even things like birthday cards. Someone's got to do it.

Reply 33

gjd800

I'm gonna learn how to fly

Reply 34

username3697430

passion.

Unless they're doing art at oxbridge then they'll probably get elected somewhere along the line..

Reply 35

rickyrossman

Original post by PQ

What a boring world it would be if everyone ignored their interests to follow a single “approved” study and career path.

(Do you really think stem would still attract a premium if everyone studied it? If you do then you might want to work a bit more on your economics studies).

If everyone studied STEM the drop out rate would probably be 90%

Reply 36

gjd800

Original post by cat_mac

Been singing that in my head since I read the title! :danceboy:

You know the score.

Reply 37

katiegrace1

I was in fact referring to architects but sure thing Night King

Reply 38

katiegrace1

Hahah wow this superiority complex is intense, without architects engineers would be nothing, without engineers architects would be nothing. Stop measuring the value of things off how much maths is involved.