Unfortunately people can’t get past politics. They are taught to hate by the media. Funny thing is they feel the need to disparage her and her accomplishments based on an assumption of her political views. They never even met her. People try their hardest to find something bad in the best of people. Sad.
It's just jealously that she can pursue professional track and field and a niche passion - preemptively enjoying her 20s in a way these posters never could/did.
I don't think a smart, independent woman needs you white knighting this hard for her, man.
It's just jealously that she can pursue professional track and field and a niche passion - preemptively enjoying her 20s in a way these posters never could/did.
I don't think a smart, independent woman needs you white knighting this hard for her, man.
I'll take this as your concession of my points. Thank you.
in terms of the way she is being portrayed, i mean, worst case, objectively, she's an elite college athlete and soon-to-be pro athlete and not just an environmentalist or artist. so the basketweaving major type slaps ring funny.
like, she could run AND be an environmentalist. or coach AND write.
even if we took your over-essentialized, "get a job" approach, well, she's prepared for more than one gig. and to me she's tapped into some different worlds and values depending on the time of day.
People, she’s not going for a PhD! She just speculated that it’s something she might like to do in ten years after a pro running career. Who really knows what they’ll be doing in ten years though.
in terms of the way she is being portrayed, i mean, worst case, objectively, she's an elite college athlete and soon-to-be pro athlete and not just an environmentalist or artist. so the basketweaving major type slaps ring funny.
like, she could run AND be an environmentalist. or coach AND write.
even if we took your over-essentialized, "get a job" approach, well, she's prepared for more than one gig. and to me she's tapped into some different worlds and values depending on the time of day.
Yup - young people that have the skills/brains to do whatever they want really piss certain folks off.
maybe it's some folks are so tight in on "major = career" they don't see what should be obvious to an athlete. you do not have to major in PE to coach.
heck, we should all know from experience that playing college football might suffice to be seconded as a JV soccer coach or assistant track coach when not with the football team.
Lol. Why are you posting like aerospace engineering is the hardest thing ever ... it's not.
Tool.
I said they are different skill sets. Winning a 1500 championship is arguably much more difficult. But aerospace engineering requires quantitative reasoning skills which the others do not, and which she likely doesn't possess.
She almost certainly possesses the ability to complete an aerospace PhD. The "different intelligences" are highly correlated, especially for women. Anyone who is smart enough to get into Harvard could probably do it.
related point but most college graduates, if they were so inclined, could take a teaching job immediately or within about a year doing some sort of certification program. we diss "those who can't do, teach," but the insidious part vis a vis a degree is a degree in about anything laterals into teaching pretty quickly.
i say that because the "fries with that" humanities dig generally rings false and when it is true someone usually has weird family or psychological stuff going on. most normal people who get, say, a masters in history, if they don't become the professor they dreamed of being, use common sense and drive down the street to the HS and teach. and so if someone ends up flipping pizzas because they were supposed to teach college but can't get hired, you can now see something is off. or they have no job period. everyone i know from my old humanities department is like teacher, MBA, lawyer, stay at home mom. if you have any plan at all you cobble something(s) together.
and if you don't, well, i know a few no-degree folks on basement couches too.
BTW I just think it's sad/funny when old dudes shame young people for doing things they ENJOY (especially if it also provides means of living).
It's further funnier when they back up their views by saying "well I can't find a good electrician"
Think of it less of white-knighting and more of just mocking you.
you can tell it's just class warfare because a la anti-semites they can't decide whether this kind of major is naively elitist or akin to being a welfare queen.
to get where she is in her sport or school or whatnot requires high drive and discipline. which is really why they have to back off welfare major and indulge the opposing notion it's really elitist. because no sooner than they say that than 10 guys from silicon valley pop up saying i majored in humanities while on the side learning computers.
to me it's a middle-class servile mentality where your role is not to lead but rather to be an employee. the boss has to be able to think outside the box. bosses give their kids elite degrees to lead. in whatever makes them motivated. and the motivation carries their career. middle class folks tend to replicate themselves. you get a practical major and work for someone else. they pay you enough to get a similar ok suburban house. you then tell your kids to get a practical major. etc.
MBA, most basic academics. How about actually teaching something with any content or rigor? Come on now! Who has the lowest graduate test scores, business, social work, or education majors?
BTW I just think it's sad/funny when old dudes shame young people for doing things they ENJOY (especially if it also provides means of living).
It's further funnier when they back up their views by saying "well I can't find a good electrician"
Think of it less of white-knighting and more of just mocking you.
you can tell it's just class warfare because a la anti-semites they can't decide whether this kind of major is naively elitist or akin to being a welfare queen.
to get where she is in her sport or school or whatnot requires high drive and discipline. which is really why they have to back off welfare major and indulge the opposing notion it's really elitist. because no sooner than they say that than 10 guys from silicon valley pop up saying i majored in humanities while on the side learning computers.
to me it's a middle-class servile mentality where your role is not to lead but rather to be an employee. the boss has to be able to think outside the box. bosses give their kids elite degrees to lead. in whatever makes them motivated. and the motivation carries their career. middle class folks tend to replicate themselves. you get a practical major and work for someone else. they pay you enough to get a similar ok suburban house. you then tell your kids to get a practical major. etc.
This is exactly it. You put it into words very well.
Those mocking here are just what's wrong with letsrun, if not a large sector of society. First, we don't even know if she'll want to pursue this direction in 10 years. But if she does, who knows, maybe she'll become a leader of an international NGO or international agency that does good work for the environment. Like maybe help society. If you think something is wrong with that, then the problem is you.
because no sooner than they say that than 10 guys from silicon valley pop up saying i majored in humanities while on the side learning computers.
to me it's a middle-class servile mentality where your role is not to lead but rather to be an employee. the boss has to be able to think outside the box. bosses give their kids elite degrees to lead. in whatever makes them motivated. and the motivation carries their career. middle class folks tend to replicate themselves.
People with humanities degrees, especially advanced degrees, rarely become entrepreneurs, especially in Silicon Valley. They are trained for roles that are bureaucratic and managerial in nature. Maia's parents were creatures of the DC bureaucracy, and eventually she will be too.