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How humanities classes benefit students in the workplace and combat loneliness
Despite pressure for students to choose STEM over the humanities, classes in literature, art and history can provide students with vital life skills and help combat the current epidemic of loneliness.The Conversation
Paul Wermer
in reply to The Conversation U.S. • • •It's a symptom of how far short of needs our educational system is falling the we need that explained to us.
I was in highschool late 60s/early 70s. Critical thinking was an unspoken part of my education - in history, in English.
Not so much in the STEM classes, but still there.