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About 'liberal arts math'|Science, Liberal Arts, and the Two Cultures Debates







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When               I               first               talked               to               the               journalist               adviser               at               my               undergraduate               college,               he               asked               why               I               was               in               liberal               arts.

My               hard               science               and               math               ACT               scores               were               far               better               than               my               English               scores               and               I               was               enrolled               in               a               calculus               class               while               majoring               in               English.

"Because               I               want               to               write"               was               my               pat               answer               and               I               took               the               math               class               just               because               I               loved               math.

Weird,               huh?


               I               only               lasted               once               semester               in               the               calculus               class,               but               that               was               more               because               it               was               at               8               a.m.

and               had               Thursday               tests.

I               was               usually               at               the               newspaper               office               until               1               a.m.

or               2               a.m.

the               night               before.
               So               my               goal               of               minoring               in               math               was               shot               and               I               started               looking               for               another               minor.

What               developed               was               a               love               of               political               science               and               a               second               bachelor's               degree.

Turns               out,               at               Adams               State               College               in               Alamosa,               Colorado,               if               you               are               getting               a               degree               in               journalism,               you               will               be               taking               a               lot               of               political               science               classes,               enough               that               with               just               one               or               two               more               classes,               you               get               a               second               major.
               Then,               when               time               for               graduate               school               came               around,               I               found               the               Public               Affairs               Reporting               degree               at               the               University               of               Illinois               in               Springfield.

The               degree               includes               a               mandatory               internship               working               in               the               Illinois               statehouse               for               one               of               the               news               organizations               there.

I               got               an               MA               in               covering               government               and               for               a               few               years               used               it.
               Being               a               reporter               and               having               a               life               didn't               mix               well,               so               I               gave               it               up               for               awhile,               but               in               recent               years               have               been               using               my               degree               again               -               to               write               online.
               Politics               and               breaking               news               are               still               my               love,               but               not               so               hot               for               online               content.

So,               instead               I               use               the               training               to               write               for               online               sites               and               use               the               political               background               as               fodder               for               my               short               stories               and               novels.
               Sadly,               the               most               long-term               useful               classes               that               I               took               were               ones               that               were               not               necessarily               required               for               the               degree.

I               learned               tremendous               amounts               about               world               politics               in               my               class               about               Viet               Nam               and               my               campaign               finance               class               has               been               useful               in               helping               me               track               how               things               are               funded.
               My               master's               thesis,               promoting               universal               health               care               for               Illinois,               has               proven               to               be               very               useful               in               offering               me               perspective               on               the               national               health               care               debate.

Otherwise,               I               really               don't               use               my               master's               degree.
               My               undergraduate               degrees,               on               the               other               hand,               have               been               extremely               useful               as               they               included               a               lot               of               classes               that               I               now               think               might               be               useful               for               anyone.

My               state               and               local               governments               class               provided               information               one               everything               for               local               school               board               operations               to               why               it               is               more               economical               for               every               police               officer               to               be               assigned               a               squad               car               which               he               or               she               takes               home               at               night.
               I               was               forced               to               take               economics,               logic               and               international               relations               as               part               of               my               journalism               degree.

I               wish               I               saw               evidence               that               other               journalists               were               required               to               do               likewise.
               In               short,               my               undergraduate               degrees               have               helped               me               to               get               unrelated               jobs               and               helped               me               to               simply               understand               the               world               around               me.

My               master's               degree               is               too               specialized               and               is               little               more               than               a               piece               of               a               paper.

In               fact,               when               I               worked               in               fields               other               than               journalism,               it               was               detrimental,               as               people               occasionally               told               me               I               was               overqualified               for               the               job               I               wanted.






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