Thursday, October 2, 2014

Current Event Response

          A common concern in the academic and employment world would be the amount of STEM graduates.  Depending on who you ask, you will get very different answers.  STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.  Many complain that STEM grads flood the academic positions, but many companies cry out for more such graduates.  This simultaneous overflow and need is called the STEM paradox.  This can confuse many as to the need of their chosen field.  The best way as of yet to deal with this unbalance is to have businesses work directly with schools and students to guide each other down the paths needed to get everyone where they need to be.
          This article is a valuable insight for someone who is preparing for what they will do after high school.  It could also help give them an idea of what might soon be happening in the STEM field.  I personally find this overall quite interesting, and potentially useful.  Maybe, schools won't allow businesses to have such an influence over their students, but it is always a possibility.
          The article contained multiple biases.  One such was in the first paragraph.  It describes STEM graduates as being "too many", or "too few", without enough clarification on that.  Another bias was found in paragraph five, where it referred to knowledge gained from Korean transitions.  This statement is unclear and could mean anything.

3 comments:

  1. Yeah, sorry, the hyperlink is in a previous post.

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  2. Everything looks really good, you just need to add a hyperlink and little bit of evidence.

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  3. Second and third paragraph need to be developed more! You give a brief personal connection, but could develop connections to other things you have read, stylistic techniques, lingering questions, etc. In the third paragraph, tell me what biases are being used.

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