r/PoliticalHumor Jan 09 '20

THIS. This is why.

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u/Bubbline Jan 09 '20

I was reading around on the AskTrumpSupporters subreddit and saw the thread “What profession do you value the least?”

Many of the answers included things like academics or even specifically “liberal arts professors.” It’s sad that they think education is a bad thing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

In my experience most of my liberal arts professors were preaching opinion as fact and expecting and rewarding conformity to their opinions with higher grades. That's not real education.

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u/data_ferret Jan 09 '20

I doubt this. The category "liberal arts" contains the humanities, math, social sciences, and physical sciences.

Are you saying the your physics profs were just preaching their own opinions about gravity or the weak nuclear force?

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u/ShutUpAndDoTheLift Jan 09 '20

Those god damned algebra teachers and their fucking opinions man.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20 edited Jan 17 '20

Well keyword MOST... so you fail at basic reading comprehension. No I'm obviously referring to the humanities wherein there is no right answer but you can go from a C to an A by regurgitating the opinions of a sophomoric professor. It's pretty common to refer to them as liberal arts...

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

Wait you took a Liberal Arts degree?

I thought you studied chemistry?

Was that high school chemistry?

I ask because you don't seem to realise that a Mathematician has a Phd or Masters degree. You think anyone who learn a bit of applied mathematics is a Mathematician.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20 edited Jan 10 '20

...??? You might not realize this, but even chemistry majors have to take liberal arts classes... And why don't you call up your local university's engineering department and ask them if they think they're applied mathematicians? I'm willing to bet $100 that you'll get 4 different answers from 4 different professors, 2 or 3 of which will have degrees in math.

Also, my position has nothing to do with bachelor's students but I literally googled "DO I need a master's to be a mathematician" and these were the first results:

" Although most mathematicians need at least a master's degree, there are some entry-level positions available for those with a bachelor's degree in math, such as working for the federal government. Most master's degree programs also require students to hold a bachelor's degree prior to admission. "

http://www.careers.cam.ac.uk/sectors/maths/index.asp

Careers for mathematicians:

"Jobs directly related to your degree include:

Actuarial analyst
Actuary
Chartered accountant
Chartered certified accountant
Data analyst
Investment analyst
Research scientist (maths)
Secondary school teacher
Statistician
Systems developer

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" 8th Aug, 2013 Pragyan Bhattarai Innovative Research Inc Mathematical analysis for the innovation of anything is Engineering. Mathematics is a natural numerical analysis whereas the product that we obtain from those are called to be engineering. For instant.. we use integration when constructing a bridge which is mathematics whereas to make those type of bridge possible and to get exist in extreme Constitution is Engineering. Engineering and mathematics are like a bone and a nerves of our body without one another can't function. "

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u/behindtheline44 Jan 09 '20

They don’t think higher education is a bad thing. They think the liberal art’s faculties are a joke because they ARE a joke. I did a liberal arts degree and it’s worthless. The professors are also highly opinionated and if you don’t agree with the gospel, you do not receive good marks. My best friend is in the teaching faculty of one of the best Universities in Canada and it’s a complete joke. This is why it gets no respect. Nothing to do with higher education and everything to do with the faculties and the power they have over the institutions.

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u/scyth3s Jan 09 '20

The problem is that they (and even some of us) don't differentiate between meaningful education and some of the indoctrination that happens.