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A closer look into the untold truths of STEM Education
to overall success, but people don’t seem Throughout our lives, we often exto acknowledge this. For example, the perience significant advancements in technology and society. For example, the conferences that Apple hosts, known as average 40 year old born in the 1980s can WWDC, gives them a chance to present likely testify to how much modern smart- and explain their new products so that consumers know what to expect. Being phones and PCs are an improvement to transparent and forthcoming to your the clunky, boxy computers of the past. customers is essential to increasing sales– But what instigates this change? Well, if people don’t even know what a commost people would probably say the innovation of large tech companies and the pany is selling, they probably won’t buy it. people behind it are responsible–specifi- STEM education is highly emphasized in cally, their skills in the STEM field. However, modern society and students often rush many seem to disregard important facets to take only the most advanced math and science classes, but the benefits that lurking beyond pure brainpower which propel tech giants to success, aspects that non-STEM classes, such as English and are commonly overlooked by the general the humanities, provide skills in the real world such as public speaking and writpublic. Many people assume that CEOs are ing that aren’t taught in the STEM curricintellectually skilled and knowledgeable, ulum. While STEM is an important factor to success especially in today’s era, the which is what allowed them to achieve significance of non-STEM classes is often their position. While the hard facts and knowledge are useful in leading a compa- overshadowed by its counterpart–howny, this is simply a cog in the machine. Oth- ever, non-STEM classes provide useful, reer aspects such as communication, advo- al-world skills that can be used in tandem cacy, and marketing are equally essential with STEM.