Anonymous #1 5d

why do you think trump is trying to strip funding from universities and intimidate them into only teaching what he wants?

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Anonymous #2 5d

probably has to do with the grossly overpopulated “highly educated” demographic of people and us just literally not having enough jobs for them. the world needs ditch diggers, and that’s not going away anytime soon. know what is? 80% of corporate entry level gigs that are gonna get replaced by AI.

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Anonymous #1 5d

we also have teacher shortage AND a nurse shortage. we need doctors and specialists. we need judges and lawyers who are going to uphold the law and Constitution. we need historians and museum leaders to stand up and protect our nation’s past and future.

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Anonymous #4 5d

we need people who are interested in any of those lines of work that are also willing to live in the boonies bc that’s where those shortages are. the law people are gonna be fine tbh we need curators and historians but it’s pretty damn hard to convince people to work for shit pay after a Masters degree but no one wants to pay $100k for a guy to sit in an empty building full of relics

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Anonymous #1 5d

museums are more than just the Smithsonian. museums are zoos, nature centers, botanical gardens, children’s museums, science centers, national parks, historic homes or battlegrounds, etc. I got into museum education work through my local state park & DNR, putting my biology degree to the field. I teach kids how to tap maple trees for sap to make syrup—hardly sitting in an empty building of relics!! 🥰

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Anonymous #1 5d

we need people with PASSION in every single field that I mentioned. that passion becomes further emboldened by and is built from a strong foundation of knowledge. with that passion, someone like me wouldn’t mind taking over a small town natural & cultural history museum out over yonder. it’s the same with teachers. it’s the same with nurses at the locals VAs and rural hospitals. it’s all PASSION.

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Anonymous #4 5d

you just said yourself that you’re a biologist, not a historian. PhDs and MA’s in History are a real thing lol

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Anonymous #1 5d

undergrad in Biology, MA in Education, going for a DET w/ Museum Studies rn alongside mostly classmates going for MA in History. I’m one of just two STEM backgrounds in the Museums dept. right now working on the arthropods collection. I’m designing and building an exhibition for my dissertation to research curiosity and STEM-learning in an informal environment. Natural history is still history. I can tell when a field became a forest by tree growth & species distribution on an old Homestead.

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Anonymous #1 5d

Nobody said go into debt, just keep educating yourself lmfao don’t stay ignorant

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Anonymous #4 5d

#4 is based and exactly what I’m talking about

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Anonymous #2 5d

Looks like it!! It was my dream school when I was applying, mostly bc of Cathy

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