{"id":29702,"date":"2025-07-02T20:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T00:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/?p=29702"},"modified":"2025-10-23T09:19:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:19:31","slug":"does-stem-intimidate-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/2025\/07\/does-stem-intimidate-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Does STEM Intimidate You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s far from abnormal to be intimidated by the STEM field and the challenges that come with it. STEM can make people feel like its driving force at times is to make you feel helpless and dumb. Many of you have probably experienced extreme frustration, while staring at the same math problem for over an hour as you\u2019re twirling your pencil around mindlessly. STEM sometimes seems to push you to your breaking point, but it allows you to make tremendous discoveries and build powerful connections. STEM can empower you and lead to a life of success if you use its challenges as opportunities to learn and grow.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29703\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29703 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/logo-6-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/logo-6-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/logo-6-24x16.png 24w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/logo-6-36x24.png 36w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/logo-6-48x32.png 48w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/logo-6.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/rmWtVQN5RzU\">Image credits<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Why is STEM Scary?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many students opt out of taking STEM classes at a very young age because they are perceived as \u201chard classes\u201d or the classes that only the \u201csmart kids\u201d take. Furthermore, it\u2019s not even that the students are failing STEM classes, it\u2019s that they don\u2019t give themselves the opportunity to excel in the field. Unfortunately, it\u2019s not only students who shy away from immersing themselves in STEM, but teachers as well. Why are teachers scared of educating children on STEM? It\u2019s because students, especially young children, are masters at asking numerous questions. These questions often lead to teachers feeling unprepared and ignorant about science, technology, engineering, and math. It makes them question how well they actually know the material that they are teaching.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Science Has a Right Answer\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29704\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29704 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/logo-7-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/logo-7-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/logo-7-24x16.png 24w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/logo-7-36x24.png 36w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/logo-7-48x32.png 48w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/logo-7.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/5EKw8Z7CgE4\">Image credits<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another reason why STEM can be nerve-wracking is because there is usually a \u201cright\u201d way to solve a problem, in other words, there is no room for ambiguity. Therefore, because there is often a solution to the problem then there are many chances for someone to fail and come up with the wrong answer.\u00a0 There are not as many scenarios in STEM classes where there are multiple solutions, meaning that people are either right or wrong and there is little in the way of ambiguity. Students often beat themselves up about failing and then give up with STEM classes altogether, but it is important that anyone in STEM understands that failure is a crucial part of the learning curve.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>A Field Dominated by Men<\/b><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29705\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29705\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29705 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/logo-8-300x202.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/logo-8-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/logo-8-24x16.png 24w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/logo-8-36x24.png 36w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/logo-8-48x32.png 48w, https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/logo-8.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/Ccf83bIVY3Q\">Image credits<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a significant amount of pressure, if not terrifying, for many women to step into a field that is overflowing with men. Although women make up 54 percent of the bachelor\u2019s degrees in the social sciences area, they only make up around 20 percent of the bachelor\u2019s degrees in hard science majors like engineering and computer science. This drastic gender gap puts an increased amount of pressure and attention onto women when they join the STEM field. There is a lack of confidence when it comes to women in STEM because women are often pushed into \u201chelping\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">professions and \u201ceasier\u201d subjects in school. This low confidence mindset is created at an early age and discourages women from pursuing careers in more stereotypically challenging and male-dominated fields.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>How to Embrace STEM<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teachers, administrators, and guardians need to be more forward to students about explaining that failure and obstacles are inevitable when it comes to STEM. They need to make it clear that it is expected and normal that students will struggle to understand complex concepts. The sooner that children understand that failure is a necessary part of learning and that some subjects are less easy to initially grasp then the better. STEM is daunting and children need to know that it is okay to be challenged by a subject, but that it is not a reason to avoid it altogether.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">STEM is intimidating to a variety of people and you are not alone in thinking that it\u2019s difficult and ambitious. It\u2019s meant to challenge our thinking and put our brains to the test. If people can learn to embrace failure and obstacles earlier on in their lives then maybe less people will avoid STEM as early as Kindergarten. There is no denying that STEM is challenging, but that doesn\u2019t dismiss the fact that it can\u2019t be just as rewarding as it is challenging.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by: <a href=\"https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/intern\/olivia-fitzgerald\/\">Olivia Fitzgerald<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"button no-link-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/nstem.org\/staging\/start-a-chapter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Your NSTEM Journey Begins Here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s far from abnormal to be intimidated by the STEM field and the challenges that come with it. STEM can make people feel like its driving force at times is to make you feel helpless and dumb. 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