It’s Time to Reject Left-Brain Dominance

Angie Allen argues that modern culture's focus on STEM subjects is overshadowing other forms of learning, citing her daughter's experience at a local farm school. Allen notes that while the school was designed to teach homeschooling families outdoor survival and farming skills, parents have recently complained that the program lacks sufficient science, technology, engineering, and math homework.

Allen, who moved her daughter from Catholic schools due to similar academic pressures, describes how the farm school provides weekly outdoor time to help children engage with creation. Her daughter, now a senior student and farm intern, has learned animal husbandry and the discipline required for farming. Allen suggests that the current cultural emphasis on left-brain dominance treats math and science as the only essential fields of study, often at the expense of real-world experiences.