Everybody Loves STEM

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Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro regrets not studying a scientific field.

Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro broke a long silence yesterday, and we couldn’t resist pointing out this education-related gem.

He mostly touched on the push to open U.S.-Cuba relations.

But in a statement to the University Students Federation, Castro put in a plug for STEM education — science, technology, engineering and math.

From the Miami Herald’s story:

If he had to do it all over again, he said he would have chosen a scientific field.

STEM is a favorite topic of American politicians who argue science fields are a fast track to high-paying jobs and low unemployment. Republican Gov. Rick Scott has pushed Florida universities to graduate more students with STEM degrees.

It seems STEM is also popular with communist revolutionaries.