There are two types of college students: engineers, and those who constantly get asked, “What are you going to do with that?”

Twelve years of education teach every student that STEM fields — science, technology, engineering, and mathematics — are the only ones that really matter. The education system has developed a crippling obsession with STEM, crowding out other worthwhile subjects to the detriment of the students whom proponents aim to help.

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