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Entomologists are biological scientists who study insects. There are nearly a million known species of insects, and thousands of new species are discovered every year. Insects make up over three-quarters of all the species of animals. All insects play roles in ecosystems. Some roles are beneficial and some harmful to humans. Bees, for example, pollinate plants and produce honey. Many other insects help bacteria and fungi break down organic matter and form soil. Some insects damage growing crops and spoil harvests in storage. This causes farms to lose millions of dollars every year in the United States. They can also physically harm humans, pets, livestock, and wildlife. For instance, females of some species of Anopheles mosquitoes carry the causative agent of malaria and can transmit it to humans. Beetles can wipe out entire forests. An insect known as the screw-worm fly kills thousands of cattle each year.

https://careers.stateuniversity.com/pages/398/Entomologist.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20070924090241/http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/entsocj/home.htm

https://www.entsoc.org/press-releases/oxford-university-press-publish-esa-journals

Liddell, Henry George and Robert Scott (1980). A Greek-English Lexicon (Abridged Edition). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-910207-4.

Employment of Entomology major

Wang Yufei

In contemporary society, education is advancing at an accelerated speed and choosing a good major in the university is playing an increasingly essential role in the educational process. It has been a common phenomenon that in the university today, there are more and more different majors. Some of them are really popular like computer science, machinic engineering, MBA, or statistics. However, some majors are rarely be seen. One of them is Entomology major which I want to talk about today. Why Entomology is an unpopular major? Actually, most people choose and study about their majors in the university are expecting to find a good job in the future. So, I will figure out the question in employment part today.

As I said above, Entomology is an unpopular major so I think I have responsibility to introduce it first. It will make you understand the research easily. “Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (entomon), meaning ‘insect’, and -λογία (-logia), meaning ‘study of’) is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term “insect” was vaguer, and historically the definition of entomology included the study of terrestrial animals in other arthropod groups or other phyla, such as arachnids, myriapods, earthworms, land snails, and slugs. This wider meaning may still be encountered in informal use.” (Liddell, Henry and Robert, 1980.)At some 1.3 million described species, insects account for more than two-thirds of all known organisms, date back some 400 million years, and have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms of life on earth. In a short, Entomology is a study for insects. Let’s see, what could entomologist do?

“Entomology careers in research involve studying and understanding the anatomy, habits, life histories, physiology and classification of insects and investigating various types of chemical and biological controls.

Research Opportunities

Many entomologists are involved with research in integrated pest management. IPM uses all suitable pest control techniques to keep pests below economically injurious levels. Each pest control technique must be designed carefully so it is environmentally sound and is compatible with producer and user objectives. But IPM is more than chemical pesticide management — it also includes biological, cultural and sanitary control practices. Once sound, reliable information on insect control is gathered from research, the results are given to farmers and other people who deal with insect pests.

Teaching Positions

There are many teaching opportunities for entomologists at colleges and nonprofit educational institutions and organizations. For example, the Cooperative Extension Service in each state plays an important role in providing information on insects and pest control to homeowners, farmers and others. Entomologists at CES work closely with individuals and businesses to help solve their insect problems. Another important extension job is the survey entomologist, who reviews all important crops in a given state or area for possible insect outbreaks and alerts farmers and growers before a major problem arises.

Government Work

Many entomologists work for government agencies. For example, U.S. regulatory entomologists help prevent the entrance of harmful, destructive pests from foreign countries. Both federal and state governments have set up plant and animal quarantine agencies. All plants, fruits, vegetables, artifacts, baggage and animals are examined at international ports of entry, and these inspections are performed under the supervision of trained entomologists and other scientists. Entomologists also impose strict quarantines in areas where introduced insects have established a foothold. In some cases, roadblocks and inspection stations are erected to prevent the spread of pests. Most states have laws and regulations requiring the inspection of nursery stock, many types of agricultural produce, logs and bee hives. Many states also have laws regulating the activities of pest control operators (exterminators) and pesticide applicators. Entomologists help enforce those important laws and provide technical information and counsel for those in this type of insect control work. Medical and public health entomologists work for federal, state and local public health departments and deal with pest control problems. Entomologists engaged in public health work in different areas of research and in the control of house flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, lice, fleas, ticks and many other pests that pose a health hazard or nuisance problem. Military entomologists work for various branches of the armed forces and supervise pest control operations at a large number of military bases in the United States and abroad. Research work and the protection of military personnel against insect-borne diseases and parasites are important aspects of entomology in the military service. Forensic entomology is a new field of study. Entomologists in this specialty area use their knowledge of insect life cycles and behavior to help police solve crimes. Agricultural entomologists work to protect valuable crops from insect pests. Annual losses to agricultural insect pests are enormous and, in some areas, can result in up to a 25 percent loss in yield. Agricultural entomologists, pest management consultants and pest scouts all are involved in research and control of crop pests. The rapid growth of the forest products industry has set the stage for forest entomology. The United States uses an enormous amount of lumber, pulp and paper products annually, yet yearly losses from forest insects also are substantial. Forest entomologists work to protect these valuable resources from insect pests.

Commercial Sector Work

Commercial entomologists work for industry rather than public agencies. These jobs can involve field-service work, research, insect-control services and insecticide sales. Selling insecticides is part of the large agribusiness industry that supplies farmers and growers with goods and services. Some entomologists work to control pests affecting shade trees, lawns, ornamental plants, homes, warehouses, stores, hotels and restaurants. Other work includes spraying farm crops and orchards as well as urban areas for flies and mosquitoes. Commercial entomologists also can work as private consultants to the pesticide industry, pest control operators and agribusiness (pest management services, for example). Entomologists in this field can establish their own company, can work for a small business or can work for a large commercial company. To begin with, on no account should we ignore the fact that Entomologist always work in dirty environment. We can find that entomologist always go to nature to find or observe inserts or spiders. The inserts can’t live in very clean environment by themselves (I mean except feeding by human), and veterinarian entomologist who maybe don’t need to go to wild place, but they need to treat with parasites or flies which is dirty as well.

After we familiar with the jobs entomologists could do, so what is the problem of the jobs?” https://www.aboutbioscience.org/careers/entomologist/

To begin with, on no account should we ignore the fact that Entomologist always work in dirty environment. Entomologist always go to nature to find or observe inserts or spiders. The inserts can’t live in very clean environment by themselves (I mean except feeding by human), and veterinarian entomologist who maybe don’t need to go to wild place but they need to treat with parasites or flies which is dirty as well. I think that is a reason people don’t like entomology major’s career.

The second reason must about salary. Money is always a realistic issue. I think Entomology major have less people because its work earns less money. I made a sheet here, you can see, In Ohio, the Median Salary of Entomology major is 56,250 dollars. However, computer science major earns 70,059 dollars. And in California the data has more disparity. (data from https://www.environmentalscience.org/career/entomologist).

Thirdly, Entomology major have less work opportunities and chance. We can simply find this evidence on every job finding website. I search on “Indeed” and post a screenshot here. I focus on the page number. You can see there are just 490 pages about entomology in Columbus, but 1155284 pages for computer science. Computer’s jobs are almost 2500 times more than entomology.

However, many lab have environment box now which can simulate nature cleanly and veterinarian have more protect methods. What’s more, Entomology learn less difficult course than doctor, attorney, and computer science which always have higher salary. And Entomology major have less competition for working position than some other popular major like computer science because of less learners.

As I said before, at some 1.3 million described species, insects account for more than two-thirds of all known organisms, date back some 400 million years, and have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms of life on earth. Insects are an old and mystery lives and they are always around our life. Not only study of insects themselves, but also bionic. Camouflage is a bionic of butterfly which is famous contribution of the entomology. All in all, though employment of entomology major is not perfect, entomology is still an important major in the university.

Resource:

Liddell, Henry George and Robert Scott (1980). A Greek-English Lexicon (Abridged Edition). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-910207-4.

https://www.aboutbioscience.org/careers/

https://www.environmentalscience.org/career/entomologist

https://www.indeed.com/salaries/Computer-Programmer-Salaries,-Columbus-OH

https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=computer&l=

https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=entomology&l=#

In the entomology paper, I find I compare computer science and entomology many times, So is computer science major perfect?

Thought-provoking career of computer science major

Yufei Wang

In 1860s, the first industrial revolution was Initiated from United Kingdom. It popularized Steam engine and it pioneered the era of replacing manual labor with machines. Because of the evolution of the transportation the first industrial revolution has also greatly strengthened the links between the world and changed the face of the world. Then, in the mid-19th century, the completion of the bourgeois revolution of European countries, the United States, and Japan promoted economic development. In the late 1960s, the second industrial revolution began. Humanity has entered the “electrical age”. After that, people use electrical equipment widely for example electric lamp, tramcar and film projector. Life of people has been changed again. In the meantime, coming of the “electrical age” has paved the road for the third industrial revolution. Nowadays, we are in the third industrial revolution which is also called “digital revolution”. (Schoenherr, 2004) Digital means computers and information technology around it. People can use code with 0 and 1 to prove complex equation, calculate mammoth arithmetic or just make something convenient like eclectic map by global positioning system. Actually, we are enjoying the huge change by the third industrial revolution. Smart phones we daily used are the product of the third industrial revolution, I can’t imagine my life without it, I can’t contact others immediately, maybe I will lose in an unfamiliar place or just sitting in the restaurant without glancing over face book’s new message. In the contemporary society, digital technology has been still advancing at an accelerated speed. It has been a common phenomenon that many students tend to learn about computer science. That is a good idea because third industrial revolution is the digital revolution which need plenty of computer science major students. But I disagree someone learn computer science just see its benefits. I don’t believe everyone can learn computer science or everyone will competent computer science job. Computer science majors should be thought deeply about this popular major and the jobs it brings.

The Benefits

On no account should we ignore the strengths of computer science careers. Computer science area has more working chances than other majors. Because digital technology is used wildly now, almost everywhere need computer science. There is a new term “Internet plus” in China, which means that using internet extends traditional service. (Li, 2015). For example, mobile phone users can use an application on their own smart phone to order meals and even monitor their meals by global positioning system with digital map. Almost all the restaurant specific chain one has the service, so they need programmers to design and develop their application including both Android and IOS devices. That is just one part of the large job requirements at this single market. Also, large numbers of smart phones or laptops used need maintenance men to fix or service the hardware. What’s more, the salary of computer science job is enviable. In the article, “50 Highest Paying College Majors” writer Allison Berry (2016) shows readers the most profitable majors by statistics. Computer science is typically number one of the highest salary list. The median base salary of computer science job is $70,000, it’s much more than other nondigital major like Architecture or Biomedical Engineering which median base salary are nearly $50,000.

Above all, it is the advantages of computer science working. It looks like pretty good, why am I wanted to prevent some people implicit choosing computer science major? Some unbelievable statics will give us answers. Chinese researcher Dan Wang (2017) shows readers in the article “Why do so few people major in computer science?” that number of people who earned bachelor’s degrees in computer science is lower and lower from 2005 until 2014. “This is even more surprising when we consider that 1.90 million people graduated with bachelor’s degrees in 2015, which is 31% higher than the 1.44 million graduates in 2005. (Data is via the National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics) That means that the share of people majoring in computer science has decreased”. When Wang one contrast computer science with other popular majors, it is easy see that “’engineering’ plus ‘engineering technologies’ went from 79,544 to 115,096, a gain of 45%; ‘mathematics and statistics from 14,351 to 21,853, a gain of 52%; ‘physical sciences and science technologies’ from 19,104 to 30,038, a gain of 57%; ‘biological and biomedical sciences’ from 65,915 to 109,896, a gain of 67%. ‘Computer sciences and information technologies?’ From 54,111 in 2005 to 59,581 in 2015, a paltry 10.1%.” Though the number of computer science students is still larger than other unpopular majors, it’s difficult to understand that why the number of computer science students was decrease while the whole university students are increasing year by year, shouldn’t it rise because of the benefits I mention? Statistics will not lie there are still drawbacks of computer science.

Competitions

One of the drawbacks of computer science majors is that there are strong competitions because it is such a popular major. Thomas L. Friedman (2013) states in “Need a Job? Invent It” that “Now there is only a high-wage, high-skilled job. Every middle-class job today is being pulled up, out or down faster than ever. That is, it either requires more skills or can be done by more people around the world or is being buried — made obsolete — faster than ever.” That shows us nowadays middle-class job is not enough at all because of the competition. Same reason for the computer science area, though working chance is really much, but company only want the best workers, not all programmers can be hired by them. Due to the full market of talent, qualified candidates will receive very high rewards, but it also means that even if you successfully get an offer, you will face more pressure. For example, the reward Facebook give is the first or second in the industry, but when you accept the offer, you face the cruel competition of the company. According to the Facebook website (https://www.facebook.com/careers/), all new Facebook employees must go through a six-week training period. During the period Facebook employees must learn to develop, debug, adapt the environment and do something to prove themselves. The elimination rate of the training camp is 10%. That means among all those who are qualified to get the offer (which is already very strong), 10% of the Facebook employees will be fired after not more than six weeks. Even if they successfully pass the training camp, their performance will be assessed every quarter, and at least 5%-10% will be fired. The position of these laid-off Facebook employees will be filled by better workers who are hunting for jobs. In Silicon Valley, most companies may not have a training camp elimination system, but they will at least have a quarterly or annual elimination system. So, maybe it is easy to find a job of computer science but get the offer is just the beginning of computer science career.

Health

The other thing which programmers can not deny is about healthy issue. Jobs of computer science looks like really relaxed compared with some physical work like cleaning or fixing a car, however, real programmers disagree with that. Actually, it’s very tough on programmers’ body for many reasons. The first part I want mention is about sitting for long time. Computer science workers always stay behind their screen still for a long time to code and “sitting for long stretches of time is a very serious health risk! Sitting affects your blood circulation, your back experiences a steady stress, you are more likely to drink and eat stuff that isn’t good for you, and you burn very little calories, making it more likely that you overeat.” Said by Sieber (2013) who holds a Doctorate in Natural Sciences, a Diploma from Germany, and an MSc from Sweden. Another specialist medicine doctor Edward R. Laskowski (2018) also proves in “What are the risks of sitting too much” that “Any extended sitting — such as at a desk, behind a wheel or in front of a screen — can be harmful. An analysis of 13 studies of sitting time and activity levels found that those who sat for more than eight hours a day with no physical activity had a risk of dying similar to the risks of dying posed by obesity and smoking.” That is just one thing of unhealthy points. Besides that, don’t forget that programmers have to stare at their screen prolonged as well. Sieber (2013) also shows the danger at her article that “staring at a bright screen for hours can lead to eye fatigue or eye strain, headaches, blurred vision, burning, itching or tearing eyes, and temporary vision disorders.” Eyes is an important window for human to contact the world, obviously jobs of computer science are abusing programmers’ eyes.

Psychology

Not only physic problem of health, mental diseases are also a severe problem of computer science workers. As I show it above, career of computer science has an intense competition, workers have to work overtime until very late of a day to exceed their contenders. So, “programmers spend less face-to-face time with your colleagues, family, or friends. This can lead to isolation, anxiety, and depression, i.e. both physical and mental health issues. The symptoms are manifold and can include tense muscles, back pain, headaches, poor sleep (insomnia), increased or flat breathing, quickened pulse, and generally signs of stress, depression, or anxiety.” (Sieber, 2013) Once a computer science major student tells me that except for a few relaxed companies (such as IBM, Salesforce, and Microsoft three years ago), it is quite normal for most IT companies he knows to work overtime and even no sleep time. Excessive overtime often means it will sacrificing your own private and family time. If programmers are a single youth, they will not have time to fall in love and choose a life partner. If they are married, they will find that it is difficult for them to have time and energy to have children unless their spouse is not working; if they have a family, their wife and children won’t even feel their presence. That means the time they face the computer will far exceed the time spent with family. This will have serious consequences in 5-20 years. The specific consequences include family breakdown, children rebellious or unfilial, and so on. he has listened to his old programmers more than once to regreted that they didn’t have time to spend time with their family when they were young. I hold the view that long time later to be alone with a computer a machine, you will lose your family and then have mental issues.

Prospect

To look at an industry, it is not fair to only see its glorious period, but to treat it from a whole life perspective. For example, remember that 4 years ago, the two majors of information protection and photovoltaic engineering were the hottest, all graduates were snapped up by huge companies. But when I graduated, I have never even heard of plenty of collages still running these majors. It was because all the collages were opened in the past few years, the number of graduates quickly exceeded the needs of the society. From the current point of view, the CS industry has been filled with a lot of bubbles. If you search the P/E data of various IT listed companies, you will find that the entire tech sector is full of irrational investment, how big the bubble can blow? Can it last for a few more years? I don’t know, but I know that once the bubble breaks, a large number of CS practitioners will be affected, and layoffs and unemployment are inevitable. From the current point of view, NASDAQ has shown some signs of collapse. In the past few weeks, all IT company stocks have fallen by about 25%.

As I show above, jobs of computer science are not as unmatched as the outside world. It has its own advantages and disadvantages. I think the more accurate statement is, if you decide to engage in computer science, then you must: 1. Be very interested, like this industry; or 2. You don’t like this industry, but you are willing to use your youth, health, your future Private and family life in exchange for some money or short-term glory.

Resource:

Schoenherr, S. (2004, May 5). “The Digital Revolution”. Retrieved from: https://web.archive.org/web/20081007132355/http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/recording/digital.html

Li Y. (2015, April 5). “China logs onto Internet Plus” Retrieved from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/china-watch/technology/11563092/china-internet-plus.html

Berry, A. (2016, October 17). “50 Highest Paying College Majors” Retrieved from: https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/50-highest-paying-college-majors/

Wang, D. (2017, May 29). “Why do so few people major in computer science?” Retrieved from: https://danwang.co/why-so-few-computer-science-majors/

Friedman, T. L. (2013, March 31). Need a Job? Invent It. New York Times. p. 11.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/opinion/sunday/friedman-need-a-job-invent-it.html

Sieber, T. (2013, July 3). “5 Reasons Working With Computers Is Bad For You & How to Stay Healthy” Retrieved from: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-reasons-working-with-computers-is-bad-for-you-how-to-stay-healthy/

Laskowski, E. (2018, May 08) “What are the risks of sitting too much?” Retrieved from: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/expert-answers/sitting/faq-20058005

Employment of Entomology major

Wang Yufei

In contemporary society, education is advancing at an accelerated speed and choosing a good major in the university is playing an increasingly essential role in the educational process. It has been a common phenomenon that in the university today, there are more and more different majors. Some of them are really popular like computer science, machinic engineering, MBA, or statistics. However, some majors are rarely be seen. One of them is Entomology major which I want to talk about today. Why Entomology is an unpopular major? Actually, most people choose and study about their majors in the university are expecting to find a good job in the future. So, I will figure out the question in employment part today.

As I said above, Entomology is an unpopular major so I think I have responsibility to introduce it first. It will make you understand the research easily. “Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (entomon), meaning ‘insect’, and -λογία (-logia), meaning ‘study of’) is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term “insect” was vaguer, and historically the definition of entomology included the study of terrestrial animals in other arthropod groups or other phyla, such as arachnids, myriapods, earthworms, land snails, and slugs. This wider meaning may still be encountered in informal use.” (Liddell, Henry and Robert, 1980.)At some 1.3 million described species, insects account for more than two-thirds of all known organisms, date back some 400 million years, and have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms of life on earth. In a short, Entomology is a study for insects. Let’s see, what could entomologist do?

“Entomology careers in research involve studying and understanding the anatomy, habits, life histories, physiology and classification of insects and investigating various types of chemical and biological controls.

Research Opportunities

Many entomologists are involved with research in integrated pest management. IPM uses all suitable pest control techniques to keep pests below economically injurious levels. Each pest control technique must be designed carefully so it is environmentally sound and is compatible with producer and user objectives. But IPM is more than chemical pesticide management — it also includes biological, cultural and sanitary control practices. Once sound, reliable information on insect control is gathered from research, the results are given to farmers and other people who deal with insect pests.

Teaching Positions

There are many teaching opportunities for entomologists at colleges and nonprofit educational institutions and organizations. For example, the Cooperative Extension Service in each state plays an important role in providing information on insects and pest control to homeowners, farmers and others. Entomologists at CES work closely with individuals and businesses to help solve their insect problems. Another important extension job is the survey entomologist, who reviews all important crops in a given state or area for possible insect outbreaks and alerts farmers and growers before a major problem arises.

Government Work

Many entomologists work for government agencies. For example, U.S. regulatory entomologists help prevent the entrance of harmful, destructive pests from foreign countries. Both federal and state governments have set up plant and animal quarantine agencies. All plants, fruits, vegetables, artifacts, baggage and animals are examined at international ports of entry, and these inspections are performed under the supervision of trained entomologists and other scientists. Entomologists also impose strict quarantines in areas where introduced insects have established a foothold. In some cases, roadblocks and inspection stations are erected to prevent the spread of pests. Most states have laws and regulations requiring the inspection of nursery stock, many types of agricultural produce, logs and bee hives. Many states also have laws regulating the activities of pest control operators (exterminators) and pesticide applicators. Entomologists help enforce those important laws and provide technical information and counsel for those in this type of insect control work. Medical and public health entomologists work for federal, state and local public health departments and deal with pest control problems. Entomologists engaged in public health work in different areas of research and in the control of house flies, mosquitoes, cockroaches, lice, fleas, ticks and many other pests that pose a health hazard or nuisance problem. Military entomologists work for various branches of the armed forces and supervise pest control operations at a large number of military bases in the United States and abroad. Research work and the protection of military personnel against insect-borne diseases and parasites are important aspects of entomology in the military service. Forensic entomology is a new field of study. Entomologists in this specialty area use their knowledge of insect life cycles and behavior to help police solve crimes. Agricultural entomologists work to protect valuable crops from insect pests. Annual losses to agricultural insect pests are enormous and, in some areas, can result in up to a 25 percent loss in yield. Agricultural entomologists, pest management consultants and pest scouts all are involved in research and control of crop pests. The rapid growth of the forest products industry has set the stage for forest entomology. The United States uses an enormous amount of lumber, pulp and paper products annually, yet yearly losses from forest insects also are substantial. Forest entomologists work to protect these valuable resources from insect pests.

Commercial Sector Work

Commercial entomologists work for industry rather than public agencies. These jobs can involve field-service work, research, insect-control services and insecticide sales. Selling insecticides is part of the large agribusiness industry that supplies farmers and growers with goods and services. Some entomologists work to control pests affecting shade trees, lawns, ornamental plants, homes, warehouses, stores, hotels and restaurants. Other work includes spraying farm crops and orchards as well as urban areas for flies and mosquitoes. Commercial entomologists also can work as private consultants to the pesticide industry, pest control operators and agribusiness (pest management services, for example). Entomologists in this field can establish their own company, can work for a small business or can work for a large commercial company. To begin with, on no account should we ignore the fact that Entomologist always work in dirty environment. We can find that entomologist always go to nature to find or observe inserts or spiders. The inserts can’t live in very clean environment by themselves (I mean except feeding by human), and veterinarian entomologist who maybe don’t need to go to wild place, but they need to treat with parasites or flies which is dirty as well.

After we familiar with the jobs entomologists could do, so what is the problem of the jobs?” https://www.aboutbioscience.org/careers/entomologist/

To begin with, on no account should we ignore the fact that Entomologist always work in dirty environment. Entomologist always go to nature to find or observe inserts or spiders. The inserts can’t live in very clean environment by themselves (I mean except feeding by human), and veterinarian entomologist who maybe don’t need to go to wild place but they need to treat with parasites or flies which is dirty as well. I think that is a reason people don’t like entomology major’s career.

The second reason must about salary. Money is always a realistic issue. I think Entomology major have less people because its work earns less money. I made a sheet here, you can see, In Ohio, the Median Salary of Entomology major is 56,250 dollars. However, computer science major earns 70,059 dollars. And in California the data has more disparity. (data from https://www.environmentalscience.org/career/entomologist).

Thirdly, Entomology major have less work opportunities and chance. We can simply find this evidence on every job finding website. I search on “Indeed” and post a screenshot here. I focus on the page number. You can see there are just 490 pages about entomology in Columbus, but 1155284 pages for computer science. Computer’s jobs are almost 2500 times more than entomology.

However, many lab have environment box now which can simulate nature cleanly and veterinarian have more protect methods. What’s more, Entomology learn less difficult course than doctor, attorney, and computer science which always have higher salary. And Entomology major have less competition for working position than some other popular major like computer science because of less learners.

As I said before, at some 1.3 million described species, insects account for more than two-thirds of all known organisms, date back some 400 million years, and have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms of life on earth. Insects are an old and mystery lives and they are always around our life. Not only study of insects themselves, but also bionic. Camouflage is a bionic of butterfly which is famous contribution of the entomology. All in all, though employment of entomology major is not perfect, entomology is still an important major in the university.

Outline

Introduction (background of entomology major and career)

Argument 1: Entomology major have less people because of its work earn less money.

Evidence: In Ohio the Median Salary of Entomology salary is 56250 dollars, however, Average American Aerogel Salary is 68000 in Ohio. (data from https://www.environmentalscience.org/career/entomologist,
https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=American_Aerogel/Salary)

counter: Entomology learn less difficult course than doctor or attorney and can work at early ages than other higher salary jobs.

Argument 2: Entomologist always work in dirty environment.

Evidence: Entomologist always go to nature to find or observe inserts or spiders. The inserts can’t live in very clean environment by
themselves (I mean except feeding by human), and veterinarian entomologist who maybe don’t need to go to wild place but they need to treat with parasites or flies which is dirty as well.

counter: Now many lab have environment box which can simulate nature which is clean and veterinarian always have protect methods

Argument 3: Entomology major have less work opportunities and chance.

Evidence: We can simply find this evidence on every job finding website. I search on “Indeed” that there are just 490 jobs about entomology in columbus, but 1155284 jobs for computer science. It’s almost 2500 times more.

https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=computer&l=

https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=entomology&l=#

counter: Entomology major have less competition for working position than some other popular major like computer science because of less learners.

Conclusion and introduce the importance about entomology.

Argument 3: Entomology major have less work opportunities and chance.

Evidence: We can simply find this evidence on every job finding website. I search on “Indeed” that there are just 490 jobs about entomology in columbus, but 1155284 jobs for computer science. It’s almost 2500 times more.

https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=computer&l=

https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=entomology&l=#

counter: Entomology major have less competition for working position than some other popular major like computer science because of less learners.

Argument 1: Entomology major have less people because of its work earn less money.

Evidence: In Ohio the Median Salary of Entomology salary is 56250 dollars, however, Average American Aerogel Salary is 68000 in Ohio. (data from https://www.environmentalscience.org/career/entomologist,
https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=American_Aerogel/Salary)

counter: Entomology learn less difficult course than doctor or attorney and can work at early ages than other higher salary jobs.

Argument 2: Entomologist always work in dirty environment.

Evidence: Entomologist always go to nature to find or observe inserts or spiders. The inserts can’t live in very clean environment by
themselves (I mean except feeding by human), and veterinarian entomologist who maybe don’t need to go to wild place but they need to treat with parasites or flies which is dirty as well.

counter: Now many lab have environment box which can simulate nature which is clean and veterinarian always have protect methods

Topic: Employment and development of Entomology

Thesis: Figure out why less students choose entomology major in both sociology and entomology part.

1. What part you focus about entomology.

You know I was a veterinarian. I do this work for almost 4 years. I love my job.

2. What’s entomology work do?

There are lots of work here. You can work in lab focus on inserts themselves. You can work in nature to find the relationship between inserts and plants, or you can work in hospital like me to treat animals and sure you can treat people as well.

3. I believe entomology is really close to people’s life, while works relative to entomology are not really familiar to us, why?

I believe interest is a large gate which can say welcome to you which will refuse you. You can understand not many people love inserts, right? I am very delighted that you are interested about our job.

4. So, is your work dirty or …?

Not at all. The pet hospital must be clean even sterility and the lab for entomology are clean as well. You know some inserts is a bit dirty because they live in some dirty place, however, the inserts we use for lab are all bought by specific entomology cultivate company which is clean and safe.

5. Some inserts are dangerous like spiders and scorpions, how do you avoid they do harm your body.

Actually, only some specific sorts of spiders are poisonous and if we know that we have professional tools and protective clothes for them. So, it’s fine.

6. What is the most memorable/interesting or common problem you have had to treat a patient for that was caused by an insect or arachnid?

Oh, it must be the first time I treat a cat who has infected by Ctenocephalides felis. I remember that is a summer, a old lady who has a weak eyesight carried her cat to me, and ask me why her cat is really strange this days. I saw the cat in the cage was very restless and always scratched its body. When I looked its fur carefully I find them — fleas. There were too many fleas under the fur. And the reason of scratching is “Flea Allergy Dermatitis” by the Ctenocephalides felis, which we always called FAD. It won’t be so serious, maybe because of presbyopia, the old lady can’t look after the cat carefully.

7. How did you mitigate or treat this problem/disease?

I treated by Advantage (Bayer), it is a medicine which can kill fleas, and gave the old lady some Staykil (Novartis) to prevent it occur again.

8. Can you recommend me some specific area? In other hand, what is the problem that you are most concerned about emerging in the future and threatening human health that is caused by insects or arachnids?

Sure. Nowadays, some pests have more and more resistance to drugs. The efficiency of pesticide is lower and lower, because insect is still evolving to adapt the environment. So we have to research new medicine or find a new way to against the bugs. If you are interested in that, too, maybe you can work with me in the future.

9. Is there a case that shows entomology major work change people’s life?

There are a lot of cases. As I said just now, entomology is in our daily life. Like the sterile insert technique (SIT). It is a method to release the sterile insert to the nature to making the mating of inserts invalid. It was really a creative way to against the insects.

10. What should an entomologist learn?

It’s a good question. Entomology is a natural major like biology should learn wildly. You should familiar to chemistry, statistics, botany, zoology and more if you want to be successful. It is a long way to go, is it?

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