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The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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“Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.

Dan Brown

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Cheerful, effective, idealistic individuals are not absolved from the hardships of life. Truth be told, a portion of the most joyful, best and hopeful individuals I know have needed to defeat extraordinarily troublesome conditions to get to where they are today. Be that as it may, what they all have in like manner is their uncanny capacity to move their concentration to a higher piece of themselves. Enabling themselves to incidentally step far from those minutes that are cutting them down or are causing them torment and quickly start to concentrate on parts of their lives that bring them euphoria and lift their spirits. They feel honored for the things that life has given them instead of revile the things life has denied them or the undesirable things life is tossing at them. Discovering the chuckling amid extreme circumstances and now and then notwithstanding amid the most noticeably bad circumstances

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Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because we're too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on the cell phone.

Steven Spielberg

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5 Reasons Why Stem Rocks

1.  You’re in love with School.

The strand is most advisable to those who want to pursue further studies in college and get a Bachelor of Science degree.

2. Be the next Professor Utonium and create another set of Power Puff Girls!

Being on the STEM track can help you get into careers that require reasoning and problem solving using math, science or technology knowledge. According to the US  Department of Labor, by 2018, 9 of the 10 fastest-growing occupations that require at least a bachelor’s degree will require significant scientific or mathematical training.  STEM students are exposed to science and, therefore, capable of tackling more advanced science subjects. Quantum physics? They can walk you through it. Ruby on Rails? HTML? Java Script? They know those like the back of their hands.

See also: Apply now to schools offering the STEM strand – for FREE!

3. Meet your new best friend – the blueprint!

Dreaming to be an architect or an engineer? STEM best fits you. GOOD NEWS! The CHED Technical Panel on Engineering has decided to decrease the number of college years it normally takes to acquire an engineering degree. Right now, it takes five years after high school. Students who finish Grade 12, on the other hand, will need only four more years to finish their engineering degree.

4. If the blueprint won’t be your best friend, the stethoscope will always be there!

With STEM focusing on sciences like Biology, Physics, and Chemistry, this strand is also perfect for those who wish to become a doctor or a nurse. Hi savior!

5. Contribute to the world.

While students in the other strands take “Earth and Life Science” and “Physical Science,” STEM students take “Earth Science” and “Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction.” Also, if more students take the STEM Strand, we shall have not only more scientists but also more science teachers. Ultimately, the country will be scientifically literate.

STEM = Shining Through Each Moment!

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“Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.

Albert Einstein

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Subjects that STEM offers

Senior High School (SHS) students opting to take the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Strand have a set of core subjects slightly different from those taking the other strands (Accountancy, Business, and Management; General Academic; and Humanities and Social Science).

While students in the other strands take “Earth and Life Science” and “Physical Science,” STEM students take “Earth Science” and “Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction.” STEM students are presumed to be more literate in science and, therefore, capable of tackling more advanced science subjects.

“Earth Science,” for example tackles such topics as hydroelectric energy, continental drift, and index fossils. “Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction,” on the other hand, helps students identify areas exposed to hazards that may lead to disasters, recognize vulnerabilities of different elements exposed to specific hazards, interpret different earthquake hazard maps, and use available tools for monitoring hydrometeorological hazards. (If you think basic education is “basic,” think again!)

After such “easy stuff,” STEM students then take the following Specialized Subjects:

Pre-Calculus

Basic Calculus

General Biology 1 & 2

General Physics 1 & 2

General Chemistry 1 & 2

Work Immersion / Research / Career Advocacy / Culminating Activity

The teaching of calculus in SHS is a simple illustration of the reason the old (that is, current) General Education Curriculum (GEC) subjects are no longer relevant to university students.

In the old GEC, for example, Algebra is a required subject. Clearly, to take Algebra after you have mastered Basic Calculus is patently silly.

Similarly, the two introductory subjects in the old GEC on Natural Sciences are also no longer necessary, since STEM students will have had specialized subjects in biology, physics, and chemistry.

It is not only the STEM students that will find the two Mathematics and the two Natural Sciences subjects in the current GEC unnecessary. The core subjects for the other tracks (“Earth and Life Science” and “Physical Science”) tackle more advanced topics than those usually taken up in the current GEC.

For example, the non-STEM “Earth and Life Science” also takes up the topics I mentioned earlier (though less in depth). It even includes “How genetic engineering is used to produce novel products” and “Describe how the present system of classification of organisms is based on evolutionary relationships.”

The non-STEM “Physical Science” tackles such things as “Give evidence for and explain the formation of the light elements in the Big Bang theory” and “Cite the contributions of J. J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, Henry Moseley, and Niels Bohr to the understanding of the structure of the atom.”

In fact, even the “General Mathematics” subject that all SHS students (both STEM and non-STEM) take already covers such things as “Distinguishes logarithmic function, logarithmic equation, and logarithmic inequality” and “Calculates the fair market value of a cash flow stream that includes an annuity.”

I like taking Calculus as an example of how the K to 12 curriculum is now in step with the rest of the world. If you go to Amazon.com and search for “calculus textbook 2014,” these are two of the recent titles you will find:

“5 Steps to a 5 AP Calculus BC, 2014-2015 Edition” – a reviewer that helps high school students pass entrance examinations to universities.

“Calculus for the Ambitious” – according to the blurb, “It will open up the ideas of the calculus for any 16 to 18 year old about to begin studies in mathematics.”

Of course, what is offered in SHS is only Basic Calculus, not the kind of calculus that, say, is covered by “Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions,” a textbook meant for a three-semester course for engineering students in college.

I can almost hear so many math-challenged students cry out in anticipated pain, but think again. If what you want is a job, the most numerous and most lucrative jobs are in the STEM field. (The STEM Strand is also the one to be used by those planning to go into a health-related area such as nursing or medicine, or an IT field such as analytics.)

If, on the other hand, what you want is to help the country, today’s heroes are really scientists. One reason our country is lagging behind practically every other country in development is our lack of scientists.

Why do we lack scientists? One cause is the lack of good science teachers. Representative Antonio Tinio is quoted in the 18 March 2013 issue of Asian Scientist Magazine as saying, “We have a lot of problems in the country’s science education. One of them is the shortage of teachers who have a background in science.”

If more students take the STEM Strand (not to go to nursing, which is an overpopulated field, but into the hard sciences), we shall have not only more scientists but more science teachers. Ultimately, the country will be scientifically literate.

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Technical Panel on Engineering, by the way, has decided to decrease the number of college years it normally takes to acquire an engineering degree. Right now, it takes five years after high school. Students who finish Grade 12, on the other hand, will need only four more years to finish their engineering degree.

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STEM?

STEM is an educational program developed to prepare primary and secondary students for college and graduate study in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). In addition to subject-specific learning, STEM aims to foster inquiring minds, logical reasoning, and collaboration skills.

The program helps immigrants with skills in the STEM subjects obtain work visas. In addition, STEM focuses on perceived education quality shortcomings in these fields, with the aim of increasing the supply of qualified high-tech workers.

Educators break STEM down into seven standards of practice (or skill sets) for educating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics students:

Learn and apply content

Integrate content

Interpret and communicate information

Engage in inquiry

Engage in logical reasoning

Collaborate as a team

Apply technology appropriately

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The 13 Reasons why I chose the strand STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) But first, what is STEM or the (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)? - STEM is an instructive program created to plan essential and auxiliary understudies for school and graduate examination in the fields of science, innovation, building, and arithmetic. Notwithstanding subject-particular learning, STEM plans to cultivate asking minds, consistent thinking, and coordinated effort abilities of a student. The 13 reasons why: 1. First and foremost, the course that I will be taking on college is under this strand. So, it would be helpful for me if I will be on this strand and at the same time I will be able to gain some knowledge or ideas for my course. 2. I want to meet the one that I will consider as my best friend in the future. The blue print. 3. I love excitement in my life. There is this friend of mine told me that, “For whatever length of time that you like fervor, there is something to suit you.” Since this strand fits in what I love, then, I chose it. 4. I want to have a lot of money in the future.  Studies have also shown that the average salary for STEM careers is higher than most other sectors. So yeah. 5. Maybe I find some subjects kinda boring but Science makes me realized that all things are differently pretty fun in real world. 6. I love to create new things and discover new things. 7. Me and my co-STEM students takes science, math and technology not just jobs. We take it as our passion. 8. It helps me to be a problem solver in real life because we’re such a problem solver in Mathematics and Science. LOL. 9. This strand has a certain thrill to discover the new and updating the old, as well as bragging rights that go along with it. 10. It can help me get into careers that require reasoning and problem solving using math, science or technology knowledge. 11. I believe that the jobs under this strand has the ability or power to change the world, most especially in terms of technology and science. 12. Since this field is constantly changing, I can easily be able to adapt new developments all the time. 13. Lastly, I chose STEM strand cause it’s always Shining Through Every Moment of our lives.

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“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”

Niels Bohr

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“Yes. You know how? When the Big Bang happened, all the atoms in the universe were all smashed together into one little dot that exploded outward, so my atoms and your atoms were certainly together then and… who knows, probably smashed together several times in the last 13.7 billion years, so my atoms have known your atoms and they’ve always known your atoms. My atoms have always loved your atoms.” - I ORIGINS (2014)

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proof good grades don't mean decent comprehension

me: *got an A in chemistry*

me: i don't know shit fuck about chemistry

me: i'm so bad at chemistry i don't know how that table is organized

me: i don't know how to balance shit

me: what the fuck is the proton electron bullshit who knows

me: is it acid into water or water into acid fuck shit fuck shit what was the goddamn acronym shiiiitt

me: oh yeah it's probably acid into water AW... like the restaurant... probably.. i hope

me: sHIIIIIIIT.

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We just hit 403 aspiring doctors, nurses, PAs and other health care workers. That is amazing! 📚💊💉

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Sometimes I don’t think the people who constantly berate math understand how discouraging it is as a mathematician to constantly hear people mock your passion. Like any passionate person, I want to share my passion with others and tell them about the exciting thing I’m working on, but I can’t even open my mouth about math without someone ranting about how much “math sucks!”.

I’m trying to be passionate when all I hear is “Math is so boring!” “No one uses algebra!” “Screw math and anyone who enjoys it!” “As an artist, I naturally hate math!” (I’m an artist too, actually) 

Do people not realize how much it starts to wear on you? I’ve honestly considered dropping math so I wouldn’t have to deal with the stereotype that I’m uncreative and hate art and am practically the devil in the eyes of some people.

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It’s very interesting that STEM bros worship men like Einstein, hail him as a god among men, but entirely ignore his economic views … like how he was a socialist … lmao. 

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Pure mathematics is, in its way a poetry of logical ideas

anonymous