Throwback Thursday: Back-to-school advice for STEM students (Synopsis)

“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught.” -Oscar Wilde

So Labor Day is this coming Monday, and that means the new school year is about to start. Whether you are or whether you know a young person, say in middle-or-high school, you're likely very close to someone facing a lot of uncertainty about not only their future, but about their present.

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Who can be expected to know exactly what they want to do and exactly how to get the most out of it when they're only a teenager? Yet that's what we expect most students to do. For students that are interested in STEM -- science, technology, education and mathematics -- the pressure is even greater. So what advice should you give them?

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Here's a great start, from someone who's been there and who's helped a generation of kids go through it!