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"I am not a science major but I am smart"
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Date: December 17th, 2015 9:22 AM Author: hyperactive aggressive hominid Ljl saw some bitch majoring in sociology post this shit on FB.
http://theodysseyonline.com/denison-university/am-not-science-major-but-am-smart/239288
"I Am Not A Science Major But I Am Smart
To those of you who have ever been made to feel inferior or stupid because of the major you chose.
Emma Westlund in Lifestyle on Dec 14, 2015
We are the future of this world. We are the next professors, surgeons, social workers, lawyers, artists, filmmakers, actors, police officers, scientists, astronomers, politicians, business leaders and more; the list goes on and on. We need people in this world to have interests in every field of study, and lucky for us, we do. College is such a captivating and compelling place. Students from all over the country and around the world come together on one unique campus and bring their individual passions, strengths and goals. We express those passions and strengths in many ways but also through our chosen areas of study. I am writing this article in effort to increase understanding on college campuses about how assumptions about our chosen majors are really just stereotypes. The field in which an individual chooses to major does not determine their intelligence.
I am currently a sophomore majoring in communication with a minor in psychology at a small liberal arts college. Over the past couple of years, there have been several times when I've been asked what my major is and I have been made to feel stupid or a less competent student. I have gotten replies like, “Oh aren’t communication classes really easy?” Or, “What easy communications class should I take to fill this general education requirement?” And I constantly hear comments like, “He’s pre-med; he must be super smart.” Well yes, he is probably pretty smart, but so are those people who major in English or history or art. The problem lies in the stereotypes that go along with these majors and professions. These stereotypes are harmful just like other stereotypes based on gender, race or religion.
I believe the real problem is that people fail to realize that every individual has their own unique intelligence based on their passions, strengths and interests; not everyone finds math and science fascinating. And that’s a good thing, because I don’t know about you, but I think this world would be pretty damn boring if everyone wanted to pursue the pre-med track in college. Who would become writers, designers and politicians if everyone was interested in chemistry and mathematics?
The major you choose says nothing about how smart you are. Every major requires some form of intelligence; some people are good at working with numbers and equations while other people are good at writing and thinking critically about theories and ideas. Some people can only think in black and white while others contemplate all the grey areas or think in vivid color. Everyone is different. As supported by years of social science research on human cognition, there are many forms of intelligence.
In addition to mathematical-logical thinking, there is musical thinking, linguistic thinking, spatial thinking, interpersonal thinking and several other types. We all vary in how skilled we are in these different domains and these domains are not arranged in a hierarchy of smartness. The human brain and cognition is fascinating and to assume that those who study math are smarter than those who do not is just a false statement and not consistent with research. Everyone’s brain is wired differently, and honestly, I thank god for that. If you have ever been made to feel inferior because of your major, I want to thank you for putting up with that nonsense and I want to assure you that you too are smart.
If you are passionate about and skilled in your chosen major, than congratulations, you are smart. Nothing makes you smarter than finding what you love and expressing yourself through it. Don’t let anyone make you feel inferior because you chose an “easy major.” Love what you do and do what you love, because that will only make you smarter." |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 11:12 AM Author: sickened spectacular kitty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYabrQrXt4A (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398856) |
Date: December 17th, 2015 9:28 AM Author: primrose center lmao at this whole earth (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398225) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 9:45 AM Author: hyperactive aggressive hominid These stereotypes are harmful just like other stereotypes based on gender, race or religion. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398310) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 4:10 PM Author: Galvanic step-uncle's house digit ratio (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29401142) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 9:47 AM Author: soul-stirring blood rage I'm smart! Not like everybody says... like dumb... I'm smart and I want respect! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398324) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 4:11 PM Author: Galvanic step-uncle's house digit ratio In addition to mathematical-logical thinking, there is musical thinking, linguistic thinking, spatial thinking, interpersonal thinking and several other types! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29401146) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 9:48 AM Author: chrome deer antler tbf, you can be a legit retard and major in bio (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398330) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 10:03 AM Author: hyperactive aggressive hominid cr a lot of pre-meds are just hard workers with no intellectual depth (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398426) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 10:05 AM Author: transparent ape area the bio majors who get into US MD schools are certainly smart, but the others? it's like any humanities major. some smart maybe, but also some legit retards (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398450) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 9:52 AM Author: crimson theater stage ctrl+f feel (4 hits)
not reading this |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 9:53 AM Author: chrome deer antler *hundreds of self-hating polisci shithead xo posters eviscerate author* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398370) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 4:13 PM Author: motley church building shitlib (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29401154) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 5:48 PM Author: Ocher boiling water (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29401799) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 10:07 AM Author: Cowardly jet-lagged telephone persian *Reads Gravity's Rainbow* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398456) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 10:15 AM Author: pink doctorate national STEM chauvinism is annoying, but writing a lengthy screed based on perceived lack of respect for your major is lulzily insecure and defensive. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398503) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 4:27 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle Faggot Firefighter Dilemma (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29401261) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 10:24 AM Author: mischievous property BS that not everyone finds science or medicine interesting. The more intelligent you are, the more you find things interesting. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398543) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 10:28 AM Author: pink doctorate national What's your point? The results of scientific work can be interesting, but the work itself is often tedious. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398563) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 10:33 AM Author: mischievous property She implies that you can be smart but not be interested in STEM. that is untrue.
She also says that the world would be boring if everyone was interested in the same things. That is true. The world would be MUCH more boring if everyone was smart. |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 10:46 AM Author: pink doctorate national I have no idea why you think being smart necessitates an interest in STEM. Nor do I know why an interest has to manifest itself as a college major. You were doing better when you suggested that smart people have a variety of interests.
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Date: December 17th, 2015 10:47 AM Author: chrome deer antler (guy who takes penises into his asshold) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398692) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 10:49 AM Author: pink doctorate national (guy who wants to take penises in his asshold but can't figure out the logistics) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398704) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 11:13 AM Author: tan affirmative action This is dumb. Even if interest in things generally increases with intelligence, there's no reason to believe intelligent people will always regard STEM or math as the MOST interesting thing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398864) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 11:16 AM Author: Vermilion forum laser beams (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398882) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 4:41 PM Author: Green stimulating dopamine locus Reading comp fail (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29401353) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 10:36 AM Author: soggy apoplectic partner orchestra pit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398617) |
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Date: December 20th, 2015 4:48 PM Author: sickened spectacular kitty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29421374) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 10:32 AM Author: hyperactive aggressive hominid There's not that strong of a connection between intelligence and interest, or not nearly as strong as people seem to let on. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398589) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 10:30 AM Author: Fighting principal's office this stupid bitch studies psychology but appears to have never heard of general intelligence (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398571) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 10:55 AM Author: sickened spectacular kitty pic of stupidCunt Emma Westlund
next article: "I'm not model-material, but I'm not fugly" |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 12:06 PM Author: hyperactive aggressive hominid I know a bitch just like her that goes to DePaul.
She's a huge SJW from one of the richest, whitest towns in Massachusetts majoring in like Sociology and Education. Gets zero tuition aid so her parents are basically shelling out 200K for her to be stupid in another part of the country. Solid 105 IQ.
Yesterday she posted some fraud ranking that listed Depaul as one of the 5 best schools in the country. |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 12:11 PM Author: sickened spectacular kitty LJL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29399333) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 12:11 PM Author: sickened spectacular kitty http://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/58647695
at least she's 4chan meat now... |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 11:02 AM Author: sickened spectacular kitty https://twitter.com/em_westlund
OH, WHAT A SCHOLAR! |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 11:04 AM Author: sickened spectacular kitty Emma Kathryn Westlund goes to the PREFTIGIOUS DENISON UNIVERSITY (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398806) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 11:12 AM Author: sickened spectacular kitty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYabrQrXt4A (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29398857) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 11:15 AM Author: sickened spectacular kitty Emma Kathryn Westlund Student | Class of 2018 westlu_e1@denison.edu |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 12:12 PM Author: sickened spectacular kitty She could start by providing us with information regarding her future career path.
What benefits will she offer society? Will she solve communication problems? Will she lift autistic pepole into social life?
Nah, she is probably going to end up on tumblr complaining about the patriarchy. Or in politics. Or probably married with children to her engineer/md husband and stays at home.
Women and libart majors in general need to stop treating college like a roundabout where they wait for the most comfortable exit in life. If you want to study something stupid so badly, at least bother with finding something useful to do |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 4:19 PM Author: Dashing milky nursing home dog poop didn't read the article, but two of the smartest people i went to school with ended up going to college for non-stem majors.
one was top of the class, and the other was the only person in the country to ace the administration of a standardized test on that particular date. |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 4:42 PM Author: Fighting principal's office what a tragedy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29401354) |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 5:46 PM Author: sickened spectacular kitty high school "smart" =/= SMART
hth, prole |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 5:52 PM Author: ebony maniacal organic girlfriend "I'm smart; I just suck at math."
Twist: no you're not. |
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Date: December 17th, 2015 10:35 PM Author: Lilac trip ceo Her argument would be a little more convincing if she was say an English lit or history major. But "communications"? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3072699&forum_id=2#29403941) |