As someone who went to a typical middle class suburban public school district during the 2000s I find it kind of sad that none of the "Popular People" went into "High Powered Careers".
The "Jocks" tended to go into the military or construction. The "Popular Girls" tended to hairdressers, and MLM. One became a flight attendant. One dropped out of college. Only a couple became nurses.
What promoted low ambition to 2000s kids?
I want a a future where all hairstylists are replaced by AI controlled robots and all nurses are paid six figures, nice, kind, and science believing! I want a future where all "Construction Workers" are paid six figures, science believing, and have at least a 4 year engineering degree!
I want anyone who ever made fun of "Nerds" in 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s American schools to be totally on board with my vision for the future!
So ... does that mean that understanding the nuances of gender in general and health care in particular is not useful to a health caregiver?
Why is philosophy 101 less "fluffy" than gender studies?
Well, for starters, a philosophy 101 course is based on millennia of vetted human intellectual capital and critical thought and gender studies have developed out of ideologies that haven't been around for even a century. Not that it isn't worthy of study insofar as it doesn't become a platform for ideologic screeds (which is more often the case than not), philosophy is broadly and universally useful in training in critical thought and GS is not. As a required core corse, it's far more indoctrination than advancing the intellect of college kids.
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offlabel said:
Well, for starters, a philosophy 101 course is based on millennia of vetted human intellectual capital and critical thought and gender studies have developed out of ideologies that haven't been around for even a century. Not that it isn't worthy of study insofar as it doesn't become a platform for ideologic screeds (which is more often the case than not), philosophy is broadly and universally useful in training in critical thought and GS is not. As a required core corse, it's far more indoctrination than advancing the intellect of college kids.
I never took philosophy and gender studies wasn't a required course. It it generally required now? I'm old but got my BSN in 2007. When did it become required.
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Tweety said:
I never took philosophy and gender studies wasn't a required course. It it generally required now? I'm old but got my BSN in 2007. When did it become required.
I graduated 20 years ago and we had to take a class in "Cultural Sensitivity" which I did find helpful in practice. Working with at risk youth I have had a real world crash course in Gender studies which again I have found helpful in understanding the population I work with.
I graduated 20 years ago and we had to take a class in "Cultural Sensitivity" which I did find helpful in practice. Working with at risk youth I have had a real world crash course in Gender studies which again I have found helpful in understanding the population I work with.
Hppy
I think all that stuff was incorporated in the courses I took, especially ones like Community Health Nursing, which dealt with different populations.
Off topic but at work annually we have lessons in being culturally sensitive as well. I think the Joint Commission requires it.
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Tweety said:
I never took philosophy and gender studies wasn't a required course. It it generally required now? I'm old but got my BSN in 2007. When did it become required.
Bigotry trends toward exageration, hyperbole, and unnecessary drama in the published complaints and "concerns."
Unfortunately, you have an entire political party who have launched an all-out assault on science and our education system. There are now people in complete denial of basic biology who advocate for the mutilation of children's genitalia while pumping them full of dangerous hormones. Children are being indoctrinated by "educators" pushing conspiracy theories like systemic racism and income inequality. They shove garbage like Howard Zinn or Ibram Kendi down our children's throats. Even the "privileged" aren't immune to this indoctrination as just this week we saw that rich Luigi "Anti-Capitalist) outright murder a man who dedicated his life to providing healthcare to others. Thankfully it looks like people are waking up as we have some great leadership coming in January and change will come.
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NurseManFlorida said:
Unfortunately, you have an entire political party who have launched an all-out assault on science and our education system. There are now people in complete denial of basic biology who advocate for the mutilation of children's genitalia while pumping them full of dangerous hormones. Children are being indoctrinated by "educators" pushing conspiracy theories like systemic racism and income inequality. They shove garbage like Howard Zinn or Ibram Kendi down our children's throats. Even the "privileged" aren't immune to this indoctrination as just this week we saw that rich Luigi "Anti-Capitalist) outright murder a man who dedicated his life to providing healthcare to others. Thankfully it looks like people are waking up as we have some great leadership coming in January and change will come.
Sure.
Is it the same party that vilified Dr Fauci and refused to follow basic disease mitigation strategies during a pandemic?
Is it the same party that vilified Dr Fauci and refused to follow basic disease mitigation strategies during a pandemic?
Yes, the same party that called President Trump a "xenophobe" for trying to halt travel from specific countries while also encouraging mass terrorist attacks from BLM/ANTIFA and other far left extremist hate groups that ended up being super spreader events. I guess it's hard to follow directions when even Obama was throwing huge parties during covid.
I do agree with their vilification of Fauci though as his exaggerated covid responses has led to severe consequences
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NurseManFlorida said:
Yes, the same party that called President Trump a "xenophobe" for trying to halt travel from specific countries while also encouraging mass terrorist attacks from BLM/ANTIFA and other far left extremist hate groups that ended up being super spreader events. I guess it's hard to follow directions when even Obama was throwing huge parties during covid.
I do agree with their vilification of Fauci though as his exaggerated covid responses has led to severe consequences
I would say the same thing to all the people who thought a drunk Kamala would defeat The Donald in the Presidential election but it just wasn't even a nice try. Lmao
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Well, for starters, a philosophy 101 course is based on millennia of vetted human intellectual capital and critical thought and gender studies have developed out of ideologies that haven't been around for even a century. Not that it isn't worthy of study insofar as it doesn't become a platform for ideologic screeds (which is more often the case than not), philosophy is broadly and universally useful in training in critical thought and GS is not. As a required core corse, it's far more indoctrination than advancing the intellect of college kids.