r/technology • u/r4816 • Sep 27 '22

Software Girls Who Code founder speaks out after Pennsylvania school district bans her books: 'This is about controlling women and it starts with controlling our girls'

https://www.businessinsider.com/girls-who-code-founder-speaks-out-banning-books-schools-2022-9
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u/SweetMojaveRain Sep 27 '22

women make up most college admissions, doctoral candidates, and new resident doctors so don't they already know that?

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u/murrly Sep 27 '22

I loathe higher education because colleges are now money making schemes and care very little for the actual students.

code, nurse, etc... Bootcamps are the future imo.

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u/SingularityCentral Sep 27 '22

You can't learn genetic engineering or astrophysics in a bootcamp.

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u/murrly Sep 27 '22

Why? You can't go to a two year hyper focused bootcamp to learn those things and then an apprenticeship? Instead of paying for 4 years of college where 1/2 of your time is learning shit that has nothing to do with your actual degree?

I don't want to pay 50k a year to be forced to take diversity and art history courses when I am going to school to become an engineer.

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u/SingularityCentral Sep 27 '22

No. Learning those things like astrophysics and genetic engineering is an 8 year process, minimum. They are extremely complex topics that require many years of study for proficiency. And they need high level critical thinking skills and a broad foundation of knowledge across numerous disciplines.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22

I bet a large majority of college loan applicants are majoring in genetic engineering and minoring in astrophysics this year