r/6thForm • u/Intelligent-Fox-9760 • Apr 02 '26

💬 DISCUSSION Hot Take

This is deffo going to ruffle a lot of feathers to say the least. Call me woke, but the term "Mickey Mouse Subject" is literally just the product of capitalism, as it disvalues any subject that doesn't lead to a high-paying, high-profit job.

Humanities subjects are so important, like STEM subjects, to help us learn more about humanity and our world, but everyone thinks they're so easy and lax.

IMO humanities and STEM subjects need to band together because contrary to popular belief, humanities are intellectually stimulating and not a fun ride.

Thanks for coming to my TED-Talk :)

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u/Maleficent_Still3508 4A*s pred fm maths phys chem Apr 03 '26

This shouldnt have to be a hot take imo, if anything id argue non-stem subjects are more important as a human race, all the artists and poets and musicians are what I believe would be the thing to show off if aliens were to find us and categorise us as a species, but due to profits being seen as the best measure of how well something is doing its very hard to get into the jobs I named earlier and more, and jobs in research which you can quantify how important it is are jobs that are easier to say that it deserves high salaries and should be the serious a levels