If we continue the STEM conversation as it stands, the U.S. is staring down a bleak future. Well intended as they are, the educational initiatives currently in place meant to equip our kids today and our country tomorrow with the ability to compete and win globally simply can’t get us there.
The problem is that our students are receiving little if any support to guide that initial germ of an idea and help it flourish into a real business. School curricula have generally fallen short with respect to skills-based business learning and preparing students to lead. That’s why it’s time — from our classrooms to our boardrooms — to replace STEM with STEEM.
STEEM (science, technology, engineering, entrepreneurship, and mathematics) is the academic ecosystem that will prepare the minds and nurture the talent, not just as worker bees but as thinkers and creators and pioneers.
This opinion piece raises some interesting points but I’m almost hoping that her proposal doesn’t gain traction. Normies are already confused by Steem vs. Steemit, do we really need the added confusion of STEEM vs. STEEM?
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This Op-Ed misses a critical point: schools are designed to fight tooth and nail against the entrepreneurial spirit she seeks. Taking risks is punished unless you are certain you can perform it perfectly. Job employers passed me over 10 years ago because I had a 2.69 GPA in college, favoring those who got 3.0 or higher.
And a whole generation has come to realize this. They'd rather take a lighter course load with fewer risks to guarantee a higher GPA and better prospects down the road.
Currently, a GPA only shows an arbitrary score. It doesn't differentiate between AP or remedial courses, just a number. It doesn't teach an ability to learn, to adapt to changes. Whole generations are being told that failure is an awful thing, and that needs to stop first.
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It looks like #STEM and #INT might be working very well together. :)
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The regulatory landscape is doing the same and we see it with how they have limited the deveyof blockchain to protect traditional systems. It will not last for long as technology evolves no matter its constraints.
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