ok, here are some insight from a german masters student of a STEM program:
Has every academic department been corrupted?
STEM is actually 50/50, if you are talking to someone that never left university safespaces you are more likely to find his view being in alignment with what the mainstream suggests. genderidentity is a thing for those people and guilt-politics are forcing them to either participate in gender-identity politics or accept they have to live a life of guilt because they are white. in a purely academic environment you are automatically at a disadvantage as straight white male, because you have no 'victim points'. these points can be acquired by changing you identity to fit a narrative of being part of a minority group. if you dont do that and dont support left extremism like antifa etc, then you are a nazi.
if you are talking to someone that went into the industry after graduating you immediately tell that their views are closer to reality. they might still hate on trump because they watch tv 6 hours a day, but they can reflect and differentiate on single events/decisions he has made, because they are in alignment with their own views.
Studying history like the Founding Fathers is important, although does college teach history anymore?
idk how it is in USA but in germany you basically learn history and important methods of analysis in bachelors and masters programs while narrowing down on a specific epoch or event in history. promotions (phd or doctorate) will then make you an expert on a certain historic event or timeframe
Has every single department been infiltrated by the commies?
yes, but there are a lot of conservatives as well. they are just not as vocal as commies by nature of their rationality. most of the time they smugly disprove some commie bullshit and then just turn their backs on those triggered trannies, because they have more important stuff to do than discussing with ideologists.
But I've always thought that if you really want to learn something, you should learn it yourself with help from your connections.
that is somewhat true, but if you learn how to solve non-linear differential equations of higher order yourself and you tell your employer you can do that, how can he have prove about your knowledge? he could employ you for some weeks monitoring at how good you are in solving problem, but if you are not good at it those weeks are wasted and he has to get another employee. thats why you need degrees if you want to work in a productive job.
stuff like history, sociology, arts, languages etc are not productive, you can not produce anything of market value thus these are topics that you could rather study on your own. if you want to convince your boss of being fluent in a language you can just talk to him or someone else in that language for 10 minutes, that gives a pretty good picture of your abilities and vocabulary. but you dont necessarily need a degree for that. also the ability to speak other languages doesnt automatically imply the ability to creatively solve problems.
I am thinking about law school right now, and classics is great prep for that. That is the only humanities that I am considering.
go for it, but do the law on professional basis and the history on volunteer/hobby basis. you wont earn a dime with a history degree, but reading a book is not only helping you develop interlectually, it also given you the knowledge you desire about antics.
I am considering STEM and I want to get better at it. I also want to learn how to read Greek and Latin too.
be sure to know what you can expect when going into STEM. i saw a lot of people crumble under the pressure, cry at the maths and lose sanity over exams and reports. I struggled alot myself, just some weeks ago i had permanent tinnitus from the stress about exams and deadlines. i had to do 2 more semesters than regularly planned (7 semesters regular, i took 9) for my bachelors, then basically did my masters in 5 (4 is regular). so that is 7 years i was/still am living in severe poverty.
when i finish my masters i invested 7 years into that even though i planned for 5 years max. doing 2 more years is cost intensive, keep that in mind.
cant say much about pressure and stress in law school, but i guess it is not much easier.
ok, here are some insight from a german masters student of a STEM program:
STEM is actually 50/50, if you are talking to someone that never left university safespaces you are more likely to find his view being in alignment with what the mainstream suggests. genderidentity is a thing for those people and guilt-politics are forcing them to either participate in gender-identity politics or accept they have to live a life of guilt because they are white. in a purely academic environment you are automatically at a disadvantage as straight white male, because you have no 'victim points'. these points can be acquired by changing you identity to fit a narrative of being part of a minority group. if you dont do that and dont support left extremism like antifa etc, then you are a nazi. if you are talking to someone that went into the industry after graduating you immediately tell that their views are closer to reality. they might still hate on trump because they watch tv 6 hours a day, but they can reflect and differentiate on single events/decisions he has made, because they are in alignment with their own views.
idk how it is in USA but in germany you basically learn history and important methods of analysis in bachelors and masters programs while narrowing down on a specific epoch or event in history. promotions (phd or doctorate) will then make you an expert on a certain historic event or timeframe
yes, but there are a lot of conservatives as well. they are just not as vocal as commies by nature of their rationality. most of the time they smugly disprove some commie bullshit and then just turn their backs on those triggered trannies, because they have more important stuff to do than discussing with ideologists.
that is somewhat true, but if you learn how to solve non-linear differential equations of higher order yourself and you tell your employer you can do that, how can he have prove about your knowledge? he could employ you for some weeks monitoring at how good you are in solving problem, but if you are not good at it those weeks are wasted and he has to get another employee. thats why you need degrees if you want to work in a productive job.
stuff like history, sociology, arts, languages etc are not productive, you can not produce anything of market value thus these are topics that you could rather study on your own. if you want to convince your boss of being fluent in a language you can just talk to him or someone else in that language for 10 minutes, that gives a pretty good picture of your abilities and vocabulary. but you dont necessarily need a degree for that. also the ability to speak other languages doesnt automatically imply the ability to creatively solve problems.
Nice rundown. Thanks.
go for it, but do the law on professional basis and the history on volunteer/hobby basis. you wont earn a dime with a history degree, but reading a book is not only helping you develop interlectually, it also given you the knowledge you desire about antics.
be sure to know what you can expect when going into STEM. i saw a lot of people crumble under the pressure, cry at the maths and lose sanity over exams and reports. I struggled alot myself, just some weeks ago i had permanent tinnitus from the stress about exams and deadlines. i had to do 2 more semesters than regularly planned (7 semesters regular, i took 9) for my bachelors, then basically did my masters in 5 (4 is regular). so that is 7 years i was/still am living in severe poverty. when i finish my masters i invested 7 years into that even though i planned for 5 years max. doing 2 more years is cost intensive, keep that in mind.
cant say much about pressure and stress in law school, but i guess it is not much easier.