> I love having more engineers, scientists, and doctors, but we desperately need non-STEM work to be a viable option I’m not sure I agree. We could open more

> I love having more engineers, scientists, and doctors, but we desperately need non-STEM work to be a viable option I’m not sure I agree. We could open more research labs, and dramatically increase the number of positions in STEM. We could double or quadruple the number of teachers, and if we got even a small increase in the number of highly successful students who can do original work in research or STEM it would make all our lives better. We could increase the number of nurse practitioners who could do basic medicine like fixing broken bones and treating common illnesses. There’s room to add lots more mechanical and robotics engineers, and a lot of that work requires more spatial reasoning skills than math, despite what one might think. A lot of people who we wouldn’t think of as STEM oriented can do and enjoy those jobs.