Monday, October 14, 2013

Hey, It's Social!


Three years of studying Social Sciences, I have heard enough of stereotypes and jokes that Social is lower than science. I don't believe in this, I have positive thoughts that they are all merely stereotypes because I see my classmates as brilliant and bright young generation studying what we are passionate about. But now that some universities ban us from taking social fields (e.g management and geography), and allowing Science major students to take ours instead: I start to feel a little disappointed. Knowledge is knowledge, regardless of what you study. It's about how we learn to create innovative solutions to better our community. Well, I understand that social major and science major are different in some ways but that doesn't make us lower than science. That doesn't mean we are what the stereotypes say.–Dhia Fairus Fani
Yes, that’s what my senior said about our country’s education system nowadays. I’ve heard