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That's my family and mostly all Arabs. STEM. But, mostly, the "M".
My husband is in the "B" (bu$ine$$) and it's doing well for us, so whatever to the naysayers.
I am in the social sector, so I am a total loser in my dad's eyes. He REALLY thinks I should go to med school.

eta: I never knew there was an acronym for it? I just knew it existed in an underlying, social way.

I only know of it because I went to an engineering school where we were very active in educating the younger generation about STEM. Also, my current workplace is extremely active in advocating for STEM, particularly for girls.

Oh, I thought the M stood for math and it was all about increasing uptake of these subjects at school!

Hmmmm I have never heard of this, luckily my parents never pressured us, we are all over the board (Hair stylist, marketing/business, and hospital admissions.)

I'd never heard of it either, although I feel like I was totally pushed for these careers my whole life! I excelled in math from an early age and I felt a lot of encouragement/pressure from my family and teachers to pursue something in one of these fields. They even put me in the mathletes sent me to engineering "camp" in high school lol.

It all backfired on them and I went to school for social sciences

Never heard of the acronym but my Asian parents pushed these subjects hard!

I hadn't heard of the acronym until HB, but the idea of getting female students more interested in Science is not new to me.

@Mae: I'm in the same boat -- went to a science and tech high school and majored in English in college almost all of my friends from high school are doctors and engineers, though.

It's a relatively new term in education. It wasn't around when were in school. The M stands for mathematics though, like @Cherrybee: said.

Never heard of it before!

I've heard of it, but only because I'm an engineer and mentored high school students and that term is thrown around a lot now.

@Mae: maybe we were at engineering camp together!

I never heard of STEM before and I was an engineering major doing lots of outreach for a few years.

I knew! I think I learned the term from reading about education, tech and jobs.

@LindsayInNY: STEAM is a thing, too. It's STEM plus A for arts.

Yes, I knew, but I work in higher ed

STEM sounds good and all, but I say, humph! Farmers feed the world, y'all!

Yes, I have... but I am a college professor in a STEM field.

I hadn't heard of the term, but I'm aware of the trend to open up the world of science/engineering to girls in particular. I can certainly see the rationale behind the push, and any future LOs will get a lot of exposure to those fields with a biomedical engineer for a father!

However, as an English major and writer, I won't let them forget the importance of literature, grammar, and the written word! Those fields aren't dead!

@IRunForFun: as an English major, I wholeheartedly agree! In college I was advised that a strong liberal arts background would really help those pursing a medical degree, as strong language and writing skills are fundamental to the practice of medicine