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From: v104klqv@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Barbara S Abrahamer)
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Subject: Science vs. Liberal Arts
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Thought I'd add my two cents on this matter, since I'm female, and
having already acquired a degree in History, I'm about to complete
my engineering degree...

The liberal arts and the sciences require two almost completely
different ways of thinking.  One is not "harder" or "easier"
than the other, and there's really no point in comparing them---
they complement each other.  Success in one proves only that you
are capable of thinking in that manner.  Someone here said that
they knew they'd be at the top of their class if they were majoring
in the liberal arts.  Really?!  Don't be so condescending.
In many ways, liberal arts require *more* "brain power" than
the sciences.


By the way, one of the reasons there are so few women in engineering
classes is that women are, for the most part, not encouraged to
pursue such a curriculum.



                                  Barbara