This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
Full STEM Ahead
Jun
15
2017
First, there was normal school. Well, maybe not first. But first if we limit our scope to this generation. Kids learned a little bit of everything.
Now, there is STEM. Some people in the industry and/or government saw there would be a need for workers in the Science/Technology/Engineering/Math fields, and they started a push for students to be more involved in those areas so the pipeline of future workers would fill with people who were interested and competent in those areas.
Then some people thought that was a good idea and expanded it to STEAM, with the A being Arts. Because things needs to be designed well, and the arts encourage creativity, and so on. There is some discussion on whether it should be STEAM or just left at STEM.
I’m wondering why stop at STEAM? If pushing for more education in those areas is good, why not bring other areas in?
All those fields are built on what people before us have learned and tried and developed, so it’s a type of history. We could throw H for History in there, so they would know the importance of history and not be intimidated by it. That makes SHTEAM.
But what good is knowledge of a subject if you can’t communicate it? The kids should be mastering Language as well, so they can write and speak to others about their STEM projects and why they’re important. SHTELAM.
A number of roadblocks to STEM problem solving have to do with government regulations or programs, whether federal or local. Or government can help with grants and permits. Either way, a good understanding of Civics is helpful for the future STEM workers. SHTECLAM.
There, now let’s start pushing for SHTECLAM programs. For short, we could just call it school.
Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, And a branch from his roots will bear fruit.
Isaiah 11:1
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 1:22 pm and has been carefully placed in the Technical category.
